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 The first thing you have know about Ecuador is that it’s a stunning country, which I learned after googling “Ecuador Formation” and being bombarded by geological wonders like this:  And this:  They aIso lead the world in panama hat production which is pretty impressive for a country that isn’t Panama. I could go on but we are here “para el futbol” and I need to move this along. Ecuador AKA “El Tri” are in a bit of a rebuild with a lot of young players like Moises Caicedo and Piero Hincapie coming up next to some older names like Enner Valencia and Carlos Gruezo. Human battering ram Antonio Valencia has retired This will be their fourth World Cup appearance and will be hoping to improve on their round of 16 finish back in 2006 which was only stopped by one David Beckham. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlD2TbxmIrg Despite coming fourth in the COMBEBOL qualifiers, finishing behind Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, they have hit a dry spell for goals and have had to contend with a lawsuit from Chile about some sketchy paperwork over preferred right back Byron Castillo’s citizenship. They also have to play in the tournament opener against hosts Qatar, so no pressure there at all. The Netherlands and Senegal are the other Group A games, and (depending on Sadio Mane’s condition) that second match seems the best chance to snatch some additional points. Let’s pause this to watch wily old Enner sub himself out of a previous World Cup qualifier to avoid the police coming after him for missed child support payment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8fI5pwVx1I This is the Selección (updated):  GOALKEEPERS Alexander Dominguez (LDU Quito) Hernan Galindez (Aucas) Moises Ramirez (Independiente del Valle) DEFENDERS Pervis Estupinan (Brighton) Angelo Preciado (Genk) Piero Hincapie (Bayer Leverkusen) Xavier Arreaga (Seattle Sounders) Diego Palacios (Los Angeles FC) Jackson Porozo (Troyes) William Pacho (Antwerp) Robert Arboleda (Sao Paulo) Felix Torres (Santos Laguna) MIDFIELDERS Carlos Gruezo (Augsburg) Jhegson Mendez (Los Angeles FC) Gonzalo Plata (Valladolid) Moises Caicedo (Brighton) Romario Ibarra (Pachuca) Alan Franco (Telleres) Jose Cifuentes (Los Angeles FC) Jeremy Sarmiento (Brighton) Angel Mena (Leon) Ayrton Preciado (Santos Laguna) ATTACKERS Enner Valencia (Fenerbahce) Michael Estrada (Cruz Azul) Djorkaeff Reasco (Newell's Old Boys) Kevin Rodriguez (Imbabura) Expected/Stronkest XI (4-3-3): Valencia, Estrada, Mena Caicedo, Méndez, Gruezo Estupiñán, Hincapié, Torres, Preciado Domínguez paddyboat fucked around with this message at 16:33 on Nov 15, 2022 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cQlVww0zKo
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Nov 14, 2022 11:57
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Preciado actually plays at Genk. Voted 1
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belgend posted:Preciado actually plays at Genk. Voted 1 corrected. I look forward to Big Angelo and his jheri curl flying down the wings
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new World Cup song dropped, slaps tbh six (6) days to gooooooo https://twitter.com/diariooleec/status/1591839169537523713?s=46&t=Z92thg2b4WcXzx_NKoTv3Q
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 https://twitter.com/diariooleec/status/1593985629154869248?s=46&t=ApWS8LRkavZjOpGecP3XfA
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Pervis Estupiñán is a solid contender for best name in the cup.
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2easy
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paddyboat posted:2easy can you...drink out of it
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todo va muy bien, amigos de Ecuador 
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Mehcuador.
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