Ecuador, next rival of the Colombia team, confirms three cases of COVID-19 in its team

After the victory against Bolivia on the third round of qualifiers and after arriving again in Ecuador, the Football Federation of this country confirmed that it will not be able to count on three players who tested positive for COVID-19 after performing the PCR test.

The players who were infected are the attacker Enner Valencia, absent in the game against Bolivia, the midfielder Alan Franco and the right side Diego Palacios. Of these, only Franco had minutes in the 3-2 victory at the height of La Paz. Whereby, they do not represent a major problem for Gustavo Alfaro.

“We will be always vigilant to prevent the health of our selected teams to continue demonstrating on the field the spirit unwavering unity and strength of La Tri”Says the statement published by the Ecuadorian Football Federation

Other casualties confirmed in Ecuador for the match against Colombia they will be Carlos Gruezo, author of one of the goals, in the last game, and who received the second yellow card so you will have to pay a penalty date. The 2019 South American Youth Championship scorer will also be absent, Leonardo Campana, after get injured prior to the game against Bolivia.

The Colombia team will travel to Ecuador to dispute the fourth date of the South American qualifiers heading to Qatar 2022. For now the only casualty of the ‘coffee’ team will be Yerry Mina who was expelled after receiving two yellow cards in the defeat, 3-0, against Uruguay. The match at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium will be the Tuesday, November 17 at 4:00 in the afternoon.

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