FT: Ecuador 0-0 Colombia Venue: Rodrigo Paz Delgado
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Ecuador
Moises Ramírez, William Pacho, Piero Hincapié, Félix Torres, Moisés Caicedo, Ray Páez (Ángel Mena), Carlos Gruezo, Jhoanner Chavez, Angelo Preciado (José Hurtado), Kevin Rodríguez (Jhojan Julio), Enner Valencia (Jordy Caicedo).
Subs: Junior Sornoza, Alexander Domínguez, Hernán Galíndez, Leonardo Realpe, Julio Ortiz, John Yeboah, Alan Franco, Beder Caicedo.
Colombia
Álvaro Montero, Davinson Sánchez, Carlos Cuesta, Deiver Machado, Yerson Mosquera (Willer Ditta), James Rodríguez, Kevin Castaño (Wilmar Barrios), Mateus Uribe (Richard Rios), Rafael Borré (Jhon Durán), Luis Díaz, Jhon Arias.
Subs: Yaser Asprilla, Mateo Casierra, Kevin Mier, José Chunga, Jorge Carrascal, Juan Mosquera, Luis Sinisterra, Cristian Borja.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
9’ Yerson Mosquera (Colombia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
25’ Davinson Sánchez (Colombia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
27’ Jhon Arias (Colombia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
33’ Piero Hincapié (Ecuador) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41’ Carlos Gruezo (Ecuador) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
61’ Penalty saved. Luis Díaz (Colombia) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
74’ Substitution, Ecuador. Ángel Mena replaces Kendry Páez.
74’ Substitution, Ecuador. Jhojan Julio replaces Kevin Rodríguez.
75’ Substitution, Colombia. Jhon Durán replaces Rafael Borré.
75’ Substitution, Colombia. Richard Ríos replaces Mateus Uribe.
77’ Carlos Cuesta (Colombia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85’ Substitution, Ecuador. José Hurtado replaces Angelo Preciado.
86’ Substitution, Colombia. Willer Ditta replaces Yerson Mosquera because of an injury.
88’ Substitution, Colombia. Wílmar Barrios replaces Kevin Castaño because of an injury.
88’ Substitution, Ecuador. Jordy Caicedo replaces Enner Valencia.
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I like this result for Colombia, given how many starting defensive players were missing (we had second-choice centre-backs, third choice goalkeeper and defensive midfielder, and fourth/fifth choice right back). Would’ve loved the win, given how much we got teased with it (two disallowed goals and a missed pen), but we also got saved by sheer luck several times, so I’ll take it.
Out of those, Castaño did great (should now be second choice behind Lerma/Uribe), Montero and Cuesta did OK (solid second choices for their respective positions), and Sanchez had a horrible brain fart in the first half but finished strong.
Mosquera was very bad (especially in the first half; I thought he was going to get sent off), but it was to be expected; with Cuadrado off the team, and Muñoz and Santiago Arias injured… we straight-up ran out of options. I feel that the team actually went out of their way to “carry” Mosquera through the game, deploying Uribe and Jhon Arias to cover for him as much as possible. It worked, but… yeah. He’s staying low-priority for now.