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own I knew. Ecuador wasn't well known in football until CONMEBOL changed the qualifying format, and the guys at the top figured there was money to be made, and leveraged their altitude homecourt advantage into several WC appearances(they routinely qualify with around 2 or 3 points drawn away from home). They took advantage by filling the team with guys that can run a lot and send crosses until the other team tires (but they forgot to get someone to finish the crosses in 2010 so they didn't qualify that time). With a core of local league, Middle East and Liga MX players, they don't look strong at all on paper, but like I said, the president of the federation and his extended family are football agents, and put priority in making a quick buck over putting the players on a good situation, but other than Chucho Benitez dying alone in Qatar, it has mostly worked out.(at least 3 of the guys going have confirmed fake birth certificates). Their main weakness is their bad defense and being extremely slow starters, you can easily put a couple goals in before the 15 minutes mark, but lately they've been able to come back from 2-3 goals down, so it's not that easy anymore. Also, I don't think anyone on defense is actually over 1.70 m, so you can put a big lad up front and capitalize. I don't see them advancing, but they'll get some points/ goals for sure.  GOALKEEPERS Adrian Bone (El Nacional): Meh. Alexander Dominguez(LDU Quito): He's very tall, probably the tallest person in the country(he's actually colombian but don't tell anyone ok) Maximo Banguera(Bad Barcelona): As wide as Dominguez is tall. DEFENDERS Oscar Bagui (Emelec): I only recall him making mistakes all the time, but he plays for my team so he's good. Gabriel Achilier (Emelec): Same. Juan Carlos Paredes (Barcelona): Extremely fast, but nobody has gotten around to teach him football yet. Frickson Erazo(Flamengo): He's ok. Jorge Guagua (Emelec): Old, but he plays for my team so he's good. Walter Ayovi(Pachuca): Captain, really old. MIDFIELDERS Carlos Gruezo (VfB Stuttgart): I don't know who he is. Fidel Martinez (Tijuana): He's bad and looks stupid. Renato Ibarra (Vitesse): Ok. Michael Arroyo (Atlante): A big idiot, but he used to play for my team so he's good. Joao Rojas (Cruz Azul): Quite skilled, he also played for my team Christian Noboa (Dynamo Moscow): The team's most consistent player, can score sometimes, used to play for my team. Jefferson Montero (Monarcas Morelia): The most skilled guy on the team, he used to play for my team. Segundo Castillo (Al-Hilal): Quite good, but someone did a mexican on him and is injured now, but they'll make him play anyway. Luis Saritama (Bad Barcelona): Has no business being here. Antonio Valencia (Man Utd): Our best player, probably one of the best in the world at what this team does(crosses), but is often asked to do more on the national team, sometimes he does, sometimes he doesn't. Edison Mendez (Independiente): Once the team's best player, he's been done for like 5 years, but is being brought to fulfill meaningless trivia. FORWARDS Enner Valencia (Pachuca): He used to play for Emelec, so he's good. Jaime Ayovi (Tijuana): Same. Felipe Caicedo (Al-Jazira Club): The team's best striker, he's big and takes care of the team's numerous crosses, but just got a middle east transfer, so he's unfortunately done as a player.
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RIP Christian Benitez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpmrnHs7Jy8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPsMR7HvuZM Literally everything I know about Ecuador
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Tsaedje posted:Literally everything I know about Ecuador Same, I'm glad someone else received the same level of education as I did.
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Tsaedje posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPsMR7HvuZM Shaking from all the nostalgia
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Tsaedje posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPsMR7HvuZM Oh My God I'm doing all the sick nostalgic dance moves Also op, tell us more about the fake birth certificates please, I love a good conspiracy
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Bogan Krkic posted:Oh My God I'm doing all the sick nostalgic dance moves Julian Assange is stuck in the Ecuadorian embassy, makes you think...
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Bogan Krkic posted:Oh My God I'm doing all the sick nostalgic dance moves There's nothing much to it, it's just a thing that is easy to get away with (for example, I played sub 18 basketball until I was 20, nobody cares as long as you're not actually good). I'm not gonna fact check, but from the top of my head, someone found Dominguez's colombian birth certificate, but it was hushed away quickly, and Walter Ayovi was found to be several years older after doing great on some youth tournament, and he was suspended for years, but as time passed, it turned to be months, and he continued to have a long and successful career. Recently, I recall that 20 years old guy who ran to Peru and somehow got on the Peruvian sub 17 team, I mean, it just happens.
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it's pretty interesting that the majority of the team comes from this mestizo highland area that like none of the population lives in (I think it's like 50% of the team comes from an area occupied by 5% of the population or something like that). Is this still true, or is it outdated?
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mynameisjohn posted:it's pretty interesting that the majority of the team comes from this mestizo highland area that like none of the population lives in (I think it's like 50% of the team comes from an area occupied by 5% of the population or something like that). Is this still true, or is it outdated? Well, when the Altitude Powerhouse plan started, the team was comprised of a lot of players from a place called Valle del Chota, which had the advantage of being near altitude and also being predominantly black(there was plenty indians left in Ecuador, so there was mostly no african slavery there, but the jesuits got a lot of land and managed to kill off all the indians in the region, so they got lots of slaves, and they eventually formed a community there. The other predominantly black place in Ecuador is Esmeraldas, which was near Colombia and got most of their escaped slaves). With time, there was a shift, and altitude teams started being more successful and more players started playing there (and really, once you get accustomed to altitude for real, you don't really need a lot of time to get acclimated again), so now the players come from pretty much everywhere, for example, Antonio Valencia comes from the Amazon region.
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cisneros posted:Well, when the Altitude Powerhouse plan started, the team was comprised of a lot of players from a place called Valle del Chota, which had the advantage of being near altitude and also being predominantly black(there was plenty indians left in Ecuador, so there was mostly no african slavery there, but the jesuits got a lot of land and managed to kill off all the indians in the region, so they got lots of slaves, and they eventually formed a community there. The other predominantly black place in Ecuador is Esmeraldas, which was near Colombia and got most of their escaped slaves). With time, there was a shift, and altitude teams started being more successful and more players started playing there (and really, once you get accustomed to altitude for real, you don't really need a lot of time to get acclimated again), so now the players come from pretty much everywhere, for example, Antonio Valencia comes from the Amazon region. thanks, gonna save this post for later!
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