Players and coach talk about the shameful defeat of the Colombia National Team against Ecuador

After Colombia’s humiliating 6-1 defeat against Ecuador, Carlos Queiroz spoke at a press conference to clarify the situation and give explanations.

The coach stuck to his position, asked the players for support and asked the fans for tolerance.

He assured that “the players are hurt. I am sure that they are going to collect themselves to earn the points we need to get to Qatar ”.

He also insisted that “the players are going to work in their teams with humility to arrive in March to play the games and get the points forward” and added: “we have to change many things for the next game.”

“The last two dates against Ecuador and Uruguay were two very tough defeats”, assured the Portuguese. And he added: “The players do not deserve this situation, they show more enthusiasm and quality than the results reflect. I am responsible and I don’t want the players to be held responsible “

For his part, Juan Guillermo Cuadrado said that Ecuadorians “are deserving of victory.”

We leave with a good attitude, to seek the result. No matter how hard we try, we can’t find each other, they worked the game well and are worthy of the victory.

The Juventus player said that “things that were done wrong and sometimes you lose and sometimes you learn.”

“Right now we have a long time without playing, looking at the things that were done wrong and sometimes you lose and sometimes you learn, you have to learn and continue to believe that this Colombian National Team can give more.”

The fourth qualifying date for the Qatar 2022 World Cup began with the commitment between Ecuadorians and Colombians. Just as it happened against Uruguay, Queiroz’s team started falling down on the scoreboard in the first minutes of the match.

In less than ten minutes, Ecuador imposed their home at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado Stadium in Quito.

A series of rebounds after the dispute of a stopped ball in the Colombian area on minute 6 of the commitment allowed striker Robert Arboleda to score 1-0. Shot that Camilo Vargas could not contain on the right side of the game.

Two minutes later a loss of the ball at the start left the Colombian defense behind a bad stop. Xavier Arreaga cleared from afar in a shot that enabled Ángel Mena in a heads-up against the Colombian goalkeeper. The Ecuadorian defined the 2-0.

At minute 13 Colombia saw the first yellow card of the match. A foul by midfielder Jefferson Lerma on Moisés Caicedo conditioned the combined coffee. If he is called up again with the Colombian National Team, the Bournemouth midfielder in England, who had already received a yellow card against Uruguay, will miss the match against Brazil.

The Ecuadorian 3-0 arrived at minute 32 after a late reaction in a loss of the ball over the middle of the fieldA situation that the local quickly took advantage of to enter the left wing with Ángel Mena, who assisted Michael Estrada to make the game 3-0.

Assisted by Robert Arboleda, central defender Xavier Arreaga, made use of an attack by three Ecuadorians against two Colombians in a crossed ball that allowed him to define the initial 4-0 in the small area, his first goal in the tie.

On the 45th minute, Arreaga, author of the fourth goal, committed an imprudence inside the area against Duván Zapata in a Colombian attack. The recklessness against the Atalanta forward ended in a penalty for Colombia.

Immediately James Rodríguez shot with his left foot arca, being favored by a rebound off the post, which ruled the end of the first half 4-1 in favor of the locals at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado Stadium in Quito.

In minute 45 + 3 Renato Ibarra received a yellow card. Just before the end of the first half, the Ecuadorian midfielder lunged at Juan Guillermo Cuadrado with no intention of playing the ball.

At the start of the second half, the Ecuadorian right-back, Pedro Perlaza, received a yellow card. The second of the game for La Tricolor, in a late arrival of the defender before the dispute of the ball with the Colombian forward, Luis Javier Suárez.

In the 53rd minute, Colombian defender Jeison Murillo also saw the yellow card in an interception and obstruction against Ecuadorian forward Gonzalo Plata.

Later, Gonzalo Plata himself was also reprimanded by central judge Jesús Valenzuela, after he hit Dávinson Sánchez with his elbow in the 60th minute.

On the 66th minute, a ball crossed from right to left controlled by the left-back, Pervis Estupiñán, left Colombia badly in defense, with which Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, fouled Estupiñán, with which the Juventus player of Italy received a warning by the Venezuelan referee.

Two minutes later, in a Colombian counterattack exit, James Rodríguez received a strong impact from midfielder Jhegson Méndez, for which he was warned with a yellow card by the central judge.

Luis Suárez and Frank Fabra were also booked in the game.

The ruling of the Ecuadorian win over the coffee team occurred at minute 80 in an individual play organized by Gonzalo Plata, who in an individual break eluded the right back of Colombia and assisted with a cue by Ángel Mena finished off with his left foot, nailing a shot that hit the post and landed on the goal of Camilo Vargas for the 5-1 game.

Finally, in minute 90 + 1, Ecuador made use of a free kick foul by Robert Arboleda in the left sector of the court, the shot was nailed in the first post of the Colombian goal and sentenced the 6-1 of the commitment with the one that Ecuador humiliated the coffee growers.

With the triumph of those led by Argentine Gustavo Alfaro, Ecuador remains in the qualifying zone and overtakes Brazil at the top of the standings.

Colombia finished humiliated against Ecuador on the fourth day of the Qualifying with a win that leaves many doubts about the work of Carlos Queiroz.

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