Ecuador He equaled this Friday with the Netherlands 1-1 and was close to taking the three points on the second date of Qatar 2022. With a team full of young people, he faced a European power and only a crossbar prevented him from celebrating a victory.
After the great performance of the team, Gustavo Alfaro was proud: “I told my players that today I didn’t care so much regarding the result. We were facing a team with claims to be world champions, setting very important standards, with an average goal of 2.6 per game, with a coach with enormous experience and hierarchy. And in front of us we were, with all our enthusiasm. I asked my players to fight for her“.
“We can qualify or be left out, but nothing that can happen in the game with Senegal will change my perception of what has been done by all these boys from the Ecuadorian National Team,” he closed.
To qualify for the round of 16, La Tri needs at least a draw in the last match of Group A once morest Senegal, next Tuesday. In this way, it would equal the best presentation that the country registers, in Germany 2006.