Ecuadorian national team calls 28 players to face Brazil and Peru in the qualifiers for Qatar 2022

The shocks due to the covid-19 infections of several local figures concluded this Friday for Ecuador and its coach, the Argentine Gustavo Alfaro, who was able to make the call official to face Brazil and Peru in search of the ticket to the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

After the recovery of goalkeeper Alexander Domínguez, defender Robert Arboleda, the team’s scorers, Enner Valencia and Michael Estrada, the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF), published this Friday on its social networks the payroll that will seek the long-awaited classification in the double date of the qualifiers.

Ecuador is third in the standings of the South American qualifiers, with 23 points, six more than its immediate pursuers, Colombia and Peru, so its objective could be achieved by obtaining four points, according to its coach Alfaro.

The coach called up 11 players last Sunday, with whom he began training the next day at the “La Casa de la Selección” complex, pending the recovery of those affected by covid-19.

To fill Ecuadorians with more anxiety, defenders Luis Fernando León and Byron Castillo were excluded due to physical problems.

For which he immediately summoned midfielders José Cifuentes, and thanks to their recovery from the coronavirus, also Michael Carcelén and Janner Corozo.

Ecuador will receive Brazil on January 27 at the “Rodrigo Paz” stadium, owned by Liga de Quito, and on February 1 they will visit Peru, in Lima, while in the last double day of March they will visit Paraguay, in Asunción. , and will receive Argentina in Quito.

While Alfaro will seek his first qualification for a World Cup as a coach, Ecuador will try to do so for the fourth time, since he debuted in 2002 in South Korea and Japan, repeated in 2006 in Germany and also participated in Brazil 2014.

Those summoned:

Goalkeepers:

Alexander Dominguez (Sports Tolima-COL)

Pedro Ortiz (Emelec)

Hernán Galíndez (University of Chile -CHI)

Moisés Ramírez (Independent of the Valley).

defenses

Angelo Preciado (Genk-BEL)

Felix Torres (Santos Laguna-MEX)

Robert Arboleda (Sao Paulo-BRA)

Xavier Arreaga (Seattle-EE.UU)

Diego Palacios (Los Angeles FC-USA)

Pervis Estupiñán (Villarreal-ESP)

Piero Hincapie (Bayer Leverkusen-GER)

Romario Caicedo (Emelec)

Jackson Porozo (Boavista-POR)

Midfielders

Carlos Gruezo (Ausburg-GER)

Jhegson Méndez (Orlando City-EE.UU)

Moises Caicedo (Brighton-ING)

Alan Franco (Charlotte-EE.UU)

Michael Carcelén (Barcelona)

Joao Rojas (Emelec)

Janner Corozo (Dolphin)

Angel Mena (Leon-MEX)

Gonzalo Plata (Real Valladolid-ESP)

Ayrton Preciado (Santos Laguna-MEX)

José Cifuentes (Los Angeles-USA)

strikers

Michael Estrada (Toluca-Mexico)

Djorkaeff Reasco (League of Quito)

Jordy Caicedo (CSKA Sofia-Bulgaria)

Enner Valencia (Fenerbahce-TUR). (D)