November 13, 2024, 8:14 PM
November 13, 2024, 8:14 PM
As planned, the Bolivian soccer team trained this Wednesday afternoon at the Banco Pichincha stadium in the city of Guayaquil, the same setting in which it will face Ecuador, this Thursday (8:00 p.m.), in the framework of the eleventh date of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.
It was planned that the first 15 minutes of the Green’s work would be witnessed by the media and then the work had to be done behind closed doors, but because work related to lighting was being carried out on the sports stage, it was not allowed. the entry of the press, as a security measure.
Those led by Óscar Villegas felt the heat and humidity of this tropical city doing ball work on the field where this Thursday they will try to achieve a historic victory, since Bolivia does not know how to win on Ecuadorian territory.
This was the last practice of the Green before facing Ecuador, since from now on the players must rest to recover energy and arrive in the best conditions for the Qualifiers match.
The Bolivian team is in seventh place in the standings with 12 points, while Ecuador is in fifth place with one more unit than the Green team.
There are 21 players who are part of the Bolivian delegation in Ecuador, one of them, Óscar López, was called up to the under-20 team, but his good conditions made Villegas include him for this visit. The midfielder plays for Mallorca in Spain and is likely to have minutes against La Tri.
Villegas decided to leave eight players in La Paz waiting for the match against Paraguay to be played next Tuesday, starting at 4:00 p.m., at the Villa Ingenio Municipal stadium.
Robson Matheus, Luis Haquín and Marcelo Suárez, who are in chapel, did not travel to Guayaquil; Carmelo Algarañaz, suspended for accumulation of yellow cards; Miguel Terceros, Roberto Carlos Fernández, Ramiro Vaca and Diego Medina, by technical decision.
Ecuador: Hernán Galíndez, Félix Torres, William Pacho, Piero Hincapié, Alan Minda, Alan Franco, Carlos Gruezo, Pervis Estupiñán, Gonzalo Plata, Jeremy Sarmiento and Enner Valencia. DT: Sebastián Beccacece.
Bolivia: Guillermo Vizcarra, Yomar Rocha, Efraín Morales, José Sagredo, Erwin Vaca, Gabriel Villamil, Héctor Cuellar, César Menacho, Luis Paz, Adalid Terrazas and Enzo Monteiro. DT: Oscar Villegas.
The Argentine Maximiliano Ramírez will be the central referee of the match, assisted from the VAR by his compatriot Silvio Trucco.
