Road to Brazil 2014: Ecuador-Colombia, Quito

La verdad le tengo mucho miedo a Rueda.....siento que se quiere vengar por haberlo echado tan injusto.....si nosotros le tenemos fe a james, ellos tienen a Valencia que no le tiene que envidiar nada ......no veo a caicedo en l alista y se que arroyo es baja...............Esta convocado Alex Dominguez, que se le acuso se ser colombiano

- Arqueros: Máximo Banguera (Barcelona), Adrián Bone (Deportivo Quito) y Alexander Domínguez (Liga de Quito).
- Defensas: Gabriel Achillier (Emelec), Jairo Campos y Frickson Erazo (Barcelona), Geovanny Espinoza y Juan Carlos Paredes (Deportivo Quito), Diego Calderón (Liga de Quito), Walter Ayoví (Monterrey, México), Jorge Guagua (Atlante, México) y Renato Ibarra (SBV Vitesse, Holanda)
- Volantes: Edison Méndez (Liga de Quito), Oswaldo Minda (Chivas USA, Estados Unidos), Luis Fernando Saritama (Deportivo Quito), Antonio Valencia (Manchester United, Inglaterra), Christian Noboa (Dínamo, Rusia), Segundo Castillo (Pachuca, México) y Pedro Quiñónez (Emelec).
- Delanteros: Jaime Ayoví (Pachuca, México), Joao Rojas (Morelia, México), Jefferson Montero (Real Betis, España), Cristhian Suárez (Santos, México) y Christian Benítez (América, México)

We match up so well with Ecuador. There is a good chance we get points in Quito.

That said, they can beat us as many other teams beat us... ...in the air on corners and set plays. That is what I am most concerned about. They do a lot better job than us in crossing the ball in the air.

I like Rueda and wish him good luck and will be happy for him if he wins since the Ecuador fans hate him so much. BUT I think Pekerman takes him to school. I could be wrong.

Also looking at that squad there are more players that play in Mexico than Mexico's Seleccion!
Edit: Okay there is not as many as Mexico's current list but still. A lot of players who play in Mexico.

Yo si quiero que Rueda clasifique a Ecuador al mundial y lo lleve lejos. Si hay un tecnico que quiero que sea exitoso mundialmente ese es Rueda.

Ahora ojala y ganemos este partido... Va a ser duuuuurisimo, pero hay con que

2 empates y una derrota de visitantes vs un equipo que clasifico a 2 de los ultimos 3 mundiales haciendo la localia su fuerte?
A good record if u ask me

Muriel will debut with a goal this game and give us 3 points

I am as pumped with the Falcao thing as everyone else but he really needs to score or help us win at least 3-4 points in these 2 games. We have a top squad and we spent so much on our new coach that we better do well. We were a better team than either Peru/Ecuador with shitty coaches like Maturana, Bolillo and Pinto then with this guy making 2 million a year he needs to prove why he is getting this money.

Este es ganable, lo unico que tienen es a Valencia al que hay que neutralizar muy bien. De resto el trabajo que se esta haciendo en la altura va a ser muy importante, no se va a sentir.

Big thing in these games is our CBs. I really hope Yepes and Perea do not have another Copa America 2007 moment. It's time to replace them especially Perea in the starting line up. We just need to see if Pekerman has the balls to do this before it's too late and cost us too many points. These two cost us 5 points and Leonel his job.

Yepes-Mosquera isn't awful

I'd Prefer Zapata-Mosquera tho

Tiene delanteros peligrosos también, que en un descuido no la clavan y ps no han sacado malos resultados....

Eso de decir que valencia es lo único es subestimar, es como un peruano en el thread que dijo que con la lesión de falcao colombia ya no tenia chances de ganar el partido en lima

Moderators, Someone is going to have to merge the other Ecuador thread with this one.

Anyway, if I were Pekerman I would just sit down Guarin & Yepes go back to the Mexico match lineup. Aldo Leao to me brought a calmness to the team and had some nice possession at the end. Even had a nice shot on goal that was better than any of Guarin's shots.
Yepes was owned out there in Peru and I am afraid he will get owned in Quito even worse due to the altitude. We need Zuniga on the right if he is healthy. If not Zapata should be the right CB and Aquivaldo the left CB with Perea out wide.

And don't give me any of this Zapata looked bad in Spain crap. He can't do any worse than Yepes did yesterday.

Este partido la verdad lo veo que va a hacer mas facil por lo menso de JUGARLO, rueda lo conocemos y sabemos que le gusta mas jugar con el balon y atacar......eso a la vez nos da posbilidades a nosotros de jugarnos..........................ya los jugadores quitandose un poco de presion por la victoria, van a jugar mas sueltos y sin un dt alfrente como markarian que sus ezquemas se basan en poner incomodo al rival (que lo logro)

Porfa, no mas triunfalismo.....ayer nos quede como leccion

One thing that was a little disappointing in the Peru match was the fact we just did not know what to do on counter attacks. Guys like Cuadrado and Pabon tripped over their own feet or made a pass directly to the defenders, etc. They usually are better than that.
I hope during practice this week they work on their transition game and their quick counters.

No me di cuenta que teniamos ya un thread... Sorry


La clave de este partido es la tranquilidad.
1ero Ecuador y Rueda viene necesitado de los 3 puntos, Ecuador porque necesita mantenerse en la pelea y Rueda para no perder su puesto, ese nervio puede jugar en su contra, Colombia por el otro lado viene tranquilo
2do ya paso la seleccion la precion de su primer partido oficial y tengan esto por seguro, cada ves el equipo se va a ver mejor
3ro como ya explique antes y todos lo sabemos que ecuador viene necesitadisimo por los 3 puntos. Pekerman es inteligentisimo el lo sabe y lo va a aprobechar.
4.to en el peor de los casos ya tenemos los 3 puntos que necesitabamos, de alli pa alante es ganancia

Colombia matchs up very well with Ecuador. They don't need points they are 6th with 6 points after 5 games. 1 less than us playing at home. A tie would not be bad for either side. I don't think they are going to go out there trying to score 10 on us. They will play smart and we will as well. It's going to be a close game. I say it ends in a tie or a 1-0 win going either way. Either way neither result would kill either side.

Just hope it's not the cluster funk the last game was.

I hope to see Muriel get his first minutes in for Colombia. This kid last 10 minutes could do some serious damage

Guarin wasn't perfect. Most of his shots were skied and he was beginning to look like his pre-2010 self with all those errant passes. But his presence was essential in starting most of our counterattacks including James' goal. He also did an unspeakable job giving our defenders rest and much needed possession of the ball by taking on defenders and earning fouls.

Granted, all that may be moot depending on his injury. I did see him walking on the sidelines afterwards so I'll keep my hopes up. If not, Aldo did do a much better job than he had against Mexico.

As for Yepes...what can i say that hasn't been said already? Many of us have noted his decline for months now. Whenever we face an opponent with a striker or winger like Guerrrero, with some ability to create danger on their own and speed to boot, Yepes looks a man his age. Ecuador has 2 of them in Valencia and Montero. Our style of play puts him in several one-on-one situations and it's become very hard to watch.

In the past we could at least fall back on his leadership and ability to organize the backline. I don't even see that anymore. He looked like he didn't belong on the field and the rest seemed to inherit that general nervousness. I lost count of how many clearances required 2 or more touches.

In short, I'm lobbying for Zapata next to Aquivaldo.

Perea is way worse than Yepes.... but that is not saying much. It's like AIDs is worse than Herpes but neither of that shit is cureable !!!

Ese es un partido en casa, they DO need the points, lee los foros Ecuatorianos, quieren cruzificar a Rueda y la prensa general tambien, incluso la eliminqtoria pasada ellos le empataron a Arg alla.

Creeme Ecuador necesita esos 3 puntos

Este partido pa jugarlo con la presion de Ecuador, es un partido de 6 puntos. Colombia el mejor visitante de la eliminatoria, por lo menos en puntos. Algo raro es que uno vio como se jugo contra Mexico y vio a una seleccion con fallas defensivas pero muy solvente al ataque, ayer solo una clara adelante, pum gol de James, raro raro raro. Yepes, ya no debe ir mas, NO, NUNCA Mas juguemos con 3 atras, eso ya lo sabiamos hacia anos, no se porque carajo se arriesga algo ke ya sabemos. no solo regalamos atras todo sino ke perdemos toda la sorpresa con JGC y Armero. Quiza no se jugo tan mal como lo que Peru jugo bien. Tambien el rival cuenta. Contra Ecuador la cosa es diferente, esto si nos dejaran jugar mas y nosotros jugaremos de salida 4-1-4-1 y eso esta desde ya clarisimo. Me parece que el partido lo perdio colombia desde el planteamiento de llenar el medio campo con 6 jugadores y volver todo eso una masamorra, viendo que para jugar rapido y profundo se necesita espacio, osea nosotros mismos nos copamos los espacios. Contra Ecuador hay ke volver a lo hecho contra Mexico, por lo menos en ataque.

Zuñiga si se recupera para el partido?

I thought the game was on Wednesday but it's next Sunday. He and Falcao should be at 100% by then hopefully Guarin as well.

I really like the Pabon, James, Guarin, Falcao play. They link up well

Ojala y esta vez Pekerman se demore menos en los cambios sobre todo porke esta vez el gasto fisico seguro sera mayor y no espere como con Guarin que casi vomitara en la cancha pa sacarlo.

Lastima que siendo Yepes capitan va a estar dificil que lo manden a la banca, prefiero ver a Zapata-Aquivaldo de CBs