The Qatar World Cup 2022 is only one hundred days from its start and the Ecuador national teamwho will animate the opening match against the host on Sunday, November 20, faces the last stage of preparation with the certainty that He has material to fight.
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The big news these days is the change of date of the start of the World Cup, which will have as one of the main protagonists the Ecuadorian national team. To maintain the tradition of giving the local team the opportunity to open the tournament, FIFA brought forward the debut of the Tri against the Qatari team one day.
This does not change Gustavo Alfaro’s plans too much and may even be good news ahead of the second commitment, since it will have one more day of rest than the Netherlands, because the duel between the Dutch and Senegal will continue on Monday 21.
After achieving the classification a date before the end of the Qualifiers, Ecuador began to think about its fourth World Cup participation. What has been done in the classification process generates expectations to do a good job in the Middle East.
100 days from the start, Alfaro is reassured that none of his most important players have physical problems. The backbone formed by Alexander Domínguez, Piero Hincapié, Pervis Estupiñán, Moisés Caicedo and Enner Valencia is in perfect condition, beyond a minor ailment for the Leverkusen central defender.
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The great campaign of the Tri is based on the hierarchy of its young people and the experience of Valencia and Ángel Mena, who is also fit. In addition, the rest of the possible starters, such as Angelo Preciado, Félix Torres, Carlos Gruezo, Gonzalo Plata and Michael Estrada do not have physical problems either, although their relevance does raise doubts in some cases.
The best Ecuadorian player at the moment is, without a doubt, Moises Caicedo. The Brighton midfielder shone on the first date of the Premier League against Manchester United and his growth in the most competitive league in the world has no limit. He could go to the World Cup as one of the best in England in his position.
Pervisanother of the pillars of this group, could change clubs after playing in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals with Villarreal. His destiny would be in the Premierwhich could benefit their preparation in a more demanding context.
While, Hincapié will play the Champions, something fundamental to arrive with rhythm, and Valencia is close to doing so in the Europa League. Meanwhile, Plata will play the Spanish League, Gruezo the Bundesliga, and Domínguez returned to the Quito League where he is valued.
The last friendlies showed a team solid in defense that will have to improve in attack to take advantage of that balance that Alfaro gave him. Leonardo Campana’s injury is bad news, because he will have an inactivity that could leave him out of the September friendlies, which will be the last opportunity to try variants.
In short, Ecuador arrives confident and aware of its virtues and limitations. From the first day of the World Cup he will seek to amaze the planet.