Selection of Ecuador at the World Cup in Qatar 2022, LIVE: the dream of the Tri, minute by minute

The new song of the Ecuadorian fans

They disqualify the “journalist” who spoke of alleged corruption in the opening match

Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Hamad bin Khalifa University, Marc Owen Jones, he denied the account rumor on Twitter @amjadt25 discussing alleged corruption in the Qatar-Ecuador party.

“Just a warning if anyone sees a story about Qatar bribing Ecuador 7.4 million to lose their opening game – started here by a well known misinformation account that it is somehow also the main source in the story @amjadt25. Although he already has thousands of RTs” said Marc Owen Jones.

Also, Marc Owen Jones added, “Just a friendly reminder: if someone says something, has followers, and a blue checkmark, that doesn’t make it true“.

The controversial rumor of an alleged corruption in the Qatar-Ecuador party

The Twitter account @amjadt25, who bills himself as an expert journalist on strategic political affairs, assured without provide proof That “at least eight Ecuadorian players were bribed” for lose the first game of the World Cup 2022 versus Qatar.

“Exclusive: Qatar bribed eight Ecuadorian players with $7.4 million to lose first game (1-0 ⚽️ 2nd half). Five people from Qatar and #Ecadour confirmed it. We hope it’s fake. We hope you share does this affect the result. The world must stand up to FIFA corruption,” @amjadt25 tweeted.

Gruezo’s sincerity

It was the last moment of fear for the Ecuadorian national team before making the list. From Germany, images on Saturday showed Carlos Gruezo’s pain when he was injured in Augsburg. Finally, the La Tri midfielder joined the concentration in Madrid, Gustavo Alfaro confirmed him within the £26 payroll and the Santo Domingo born man will go for his second World Cup. Although, already in Qatar, he himself admitted that he feared for his presence …

Speculations for the debut in the World Cup

Alfaro asked the youngest to trust

“Who believe in these guys. These guys They have generated a lot of excitement in the city from Ecuador. I have always said that this is the selection of ordinary workers. These guys have suffered a lot to play football, to play for the national team, to be successful in life” said the coach of the Ecuadorian team, Gustavo Alfaro.

The great gesture of Enner Valencia with his hometown

Sports capital, the body that represents the Tricolor has affirmed it Enner Valencia will donate the extra money he earned during the World Cup to the city where he grew up: “SUPERMAN’S GREAT DEED. Our TRI captain, Superman Enner Valencia, will donate all the economic prizes obtained in the Qatar 2022 World Cup to his hometown, Ricaurte, located in the province of Esmeraldas. Great Superman!”, published the agency on its social networks.

Caicedo’s faith: “Ecuador is one of my favorites”

Moses Caicedo, Ecuadorian national team and player of Brighton & Hove Albiontalked about what it means to play the Qatar World Cup 2022 and puts Ecuador as one of the favorites to win the cup. Caicedo expressed, “I put one of the favorites in my national team, Ecuador, I’m sure we will fight, to fight every match. It will be reflected in every game we play. We will fight to be up there, we will fight for what we want to achieve”.

Ángel Mena: “It’s very difficult to study Qatar, great attention to detail”

Ángel Mena acknowledged studying the Qatari squad was difficult because “they’re a team that takes great care of the details” but said Ecuador have conditions and qualities” to add three points in the opening match which will be played at Al Khor Stadium.
“One of the keys will be the belief that we have to understand this game, they certainly have studied it a lot. It is a team that pays great attention to detail and we believe that we shouldn’t change anything that we were able to demonstrate in qualifying” said the León de México player.

Carlos Gruezo said he saw himself off the World Cup

The injury sustained last Saturday by the German midfielder from Augsburg has set off the alarms. This Thursday, for the attention of the Doha La Tri press, Gruezo recognized the fright, even if he conveyed calm in the face of what was to come: “Everyone was worried, me personally: I saw myself out of the World Cup. It was a complicated situation, I felt something in my rear, I had been loaded with so many games. But if someone doesn’t believe that God works miracles, I believe that he does.”

Romario Ibarra trained with a cue

It was surprising to see Romario Ibarra with a splint in his right hand as he returned to training for La Tri, now in Doha. “Romario caught the finger the other day against Iraq. When he overflowed inside, his finger got stuck in an Iraqi player’s shirt, it’s a dislocated finger,” coach Gustavo Alfaro reassured.

Alfaro wanted to get Byron Castillo

Byron Castillo’s absence, decided by the Ecuadorian Football Federation, provoked a different position from coach Gustavo Alfaro, who did not agree and said so: “It was a very difficult decision, I took the liberty of not agreeing with the directivebut I understand. I’m a soccer coach and I told them, “My position is to carry it no matter what happens.” But I respect the decision of the Federation in this regard.”