The selection of Ecuador This Tuesday, they successfully achieved a 1-1 draw against Mexicowhich showed a slight improvement after the defeat suffered against Colombia, at the Akron Stadium in Guadalajara, one of the venues for the next World Cup. The Argentine naturalized Mexican Germán Berterame put El Tri ahead in the 3rd minute, but Jordy Alcívar left everything the same in the 20th by accurately executing a penalty on the scorer Enner Valencia.
Beaten 4-0 by Colombia last Saturday, the Mexicans came out today with blood in their eyes, ready to turn the page, and took the lead very early. The locals took advantage of a defensive mistake. Berterame benefited from the poor communication between the midfielder Pedro Vite and the center back William Pacho, and with his right foot he made it 1-0.
Mexico tried to take advantage of the good mood and in the 11th minute created danger with a shot by Hirving Lozano, which went slightly off target. An error by Luis Romo caused Mexican goalkeeper José Rangel to knock down Valencia, the team’s top scorer, and led to a penalty converted by Alcívar. The hosts were better in the rest of the first half, although they created few scoring opportunities.
TECHNICAL SHEET
1 – Mexico: José Raúl Rangel; César Montes, Johan Vásquez, Israel Reyes, Mateo Chávez; Erik Lira, Luis Romo (Marcel Ruiz, m.61), Erick Sánchez (Alexis Gutiérrez, m.76); Julián Quiñones (Alexis Vega, m.75), Germán Berterame (Santiago Giménez, m.61) and Hirving Lozano (César Huerta, m.60).
1 – Ecuador: Hernán Galindez; Joel Ordóñez, William Pacho, Alan Minda (Nilson Angulo, m.46), Jordy Alcívar; Pedro Vite (Patrik Mercano, m.68), Angelo Preciado (Kendry Páez, m.28), Yaimar Medina (Jhoanner Chávez, m.81); John Yeboah, Enner Valencia (Leonardo Campana, m.68) and Alan Franco.
Goals: 1-0, Germán Berterame (m. 3); 1-1, Jordy Alcívar, from a penalty (m. 20)
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón, from Costa Rica. He reprimanded Erick Sánchez, César Montes, John Yeboah, Jordy Alcívar, Yaimar Medina and Joel Ordóñez.
Incidents: Friendly match played at the Akron Stadium, in Guadalajara (western Mexico).
In the second half La Tri advanced their lines and cornered Mexico in their area. With 20 minutes left the game became rough. The Mexicans went on the attack and in an interval of 3 minutes, from 83 to 86, they were able to score. In the final minutes, the fans sang the homophobic cry that Mexican fans usually sing when they are dissatisfied with their team’s performance.
