So when do they do the coin flip?? That freaking stinks that we scored then they scored merely seconds later man o man
Colombia won the coin toss. http://www.eluniverso.com/2009/01/27/1/1372/0678A09CF4394FFF8AB3F6127BB13222.html
true...but at the end of the day, our inability to win the other games costed us...the lack of goals killed it...we played great but had some bad luck in front of the net where it counts...we should never rely on a coin toss
We should have played Fidel Martinez!!! That kid has sick skills and KNOWS how to pass the ball!!! Oh well, I guess we will have to wait till Ecuador Brazil in march.... QUE VIVA EL ECUADOR!!!!!!
Would ecuador have been in to the next stage if colombia would have made that penalty and won the game?
LA TRI VA CON TODO SU EQUIPO A MÁLAGA | Fecha : 2009-02-02 10:15:39 | El entrenador de la Selección Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, Sixto Vizuete, dio luces sobre la que será la convocatoria que se de a conocer este día martes en el seno de la FEF, antes del compromiso amistoso contra Inglaterra. Quito-Ecuador. En diálogo con Radio La Red de Quito, el profesor Sixto Vizuete indicó que se decidió jugar contra la Selección Sub 21 de Inglaterra, debido a la calidad de mencionado país en todas sus categorías. Lamentó que no se pudo organizar el juego amistoso en la ciudad de Quito, como él había solicitado, en vista de que la mayoría de los combinados nacionales prefieren abstenerse de actuar en ciudades de altura. Fue tajante al decir que tomará en cuenta a todos los jugadores que militan en Europa, y también a los de Liga Deportiva Universitaria y Barcelona, ya que para ellos es importante contar con la gran base. Quienes no irán, al menos inicialmente, son los elementos del Club Deportivo El Nacional y el Deportivo Quito, además de Cristian Benítez (recién recuperado de una grave lesión). Rorys Aragón, Segundo Castillo, Felipe Caicedo, Antonio Valencia, Edison Méndez, Félix Borja, Joffre Guerrón, Walter Ayoví, Pedro Quiñónez e Iván Hurtado están plenamente confirmados. Luis Bolaños está en un compás de espera. Este fin de semana, después de la fecha que en su mayoría se jugará en viernes, los convocados se juntarán en la ciudad de Quito para después viajar rumbo a la ciudad española de Málaga (sede del amistoso). (LAOH)
Yea....It would have been better to play lets say against Poland Or Turkey,etc but the regular team, not a youth team of England
I don't like it. It's a no-win situation. If we beat them, we get no credit because they're a U-21 team. If we lose, then big headlines about Ecuador losing to a U-21 team. There's no upside. England's U-21 has guys like Daniel Sturridge from Man City, they can't be all that bad. I'm assuming we will win but with Ecuador you never know sometimes. Before qualifying to the 2nd round of the World Cup, they played a friendly against some German semi-pro team and won by only 4-3 with a last minute goal. Our guys don't really get motivated for these games.
its only a win situation if vizuete take a b team which he is not. What a dumbass. He should take players that don't usually start. what's the purpose of playing the same players that have been together for years against a u-21? the purpose is for ecua players to be seen by euro clubs, here is the 11, I would start. Banguera Juan Carlos Paredes, Jairo campos, Renan Calle, Valencia David quiroz, Fernando hidalgo, pedro Quinonez, Montero Pablo Palacios, Rojas did anyone see JC paredes for Cuenca last night? What a fantastic footballer..is he only 21?
That's exactly it. You are right ... Ecuador lost to Beckham ... not to the team. His individuality is what got England through in that match, and that's a fact.
the only thing that match proved is that England playing at their worst can still beat ecuador. Someone earlier mentioned carlos Tenorio? tenorio had the chance of a lifetime and he screwed it up. That second delay in his shot that hit the crossbar sentenced his career.
So my U21 National Side are to take on your Ecuador senior National side, this Tuesday in Malaga. Quite a unique and rare match we have here. England U21 Manager Stuart Pearce, has announced the 22 man squad that will face Ecuador, and here is the link to the line up: http://www.thefa.com/England/U21s/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/U21vEcuador_squad+named.htm Of the line up that has been announced, U21 stars to look out for are Steven Taylor, Micah Richards, Nedum Onuoha, Lee Cattermole, Tom Huddlestone, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Fraizer Campbell, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, and Daniel Welbeck. If I were to be honest though, I could only see Taylor, Richards, Lennon, and Milner, as being players that are good enough to get opportunities in the Ecuador senior National side, this of course being if they were Ecuadorian. Combine the greater player quality that the Ecuador squad holds, with the fact that the Ecuadorians have more experience, are greater at team working etc, and I can only see one winner in this match, and that is of course Ecuador. My scoreline prediction for this Spain based game, is Ecuador to win either 1-0, or 2-0.
They're not showing it in the US. omnisport.tv will let you watch it for 6 bucks, but homefully someone in the UK will stream in on justin.tv