Starting Lineups From Today

Looks very much like we will need it agaist England. Cant afford to loose out on any of the big players – though i find Urrutia is good enough for a starter post.

P.S.: Thanks, Trent for this Website – am checking and reading everyday. Please keep it coming – very much appreciated!

Posted from  United Kingdom

Agreed, Borja look lost and he and Kaviedes never connected. The biggest difference I thought was in the back, we just didn’t look solid at all. What a difference Bam Bam makes.

Posted from  United States

I agree, FRZ. Hurtado is this team’s MVP, even though the strikers have been getting most of the attention.

But, it’s always that way, isn’t it?

Fellow Ecuas,

Tough game today. I’ve had a little bit of time to reflect, analyze, cry like a 6th grade school girl… Here are my thoughts.

Starting with todays subs Ambrossi, Guagua, Ayovi, Borja and Kaviedes. No one impressed at all. I actually think they stepped the level of play one notch down.
-Guagua was slow to react and did not mark very well.
-Ayovi just looked lost and did not do very well to create anything. Also, gave the ball up way to many times.
-Ambrossi played with heart but he’s just to small and not skilled enough to create.
-Borja, wow he didn’t get many touches and the few he did get. He didn’t do much with.
-Kaviedes played ok but didn’t have anyone to pass to and could not create.

The sub that did make a difference was Lara man he is quick but being so small doesn’t match up very well against the Germany defense. Though, overall I think he played well.

Benitez and Urrutia came in later and were pretty much non factors.

The one player that I want to see become more involed is Mendez he is creative, sends some great long balls and has a rifle for a boot. However, he never seems to put it all together. He played ok but i relly thought he would step and take more leadership and help to control things in the middle.

I don’t know guys am I smoking cr*** or is this a good assesment? I was hoping for a much more competitie game.

E4L

Posted from  United States

E4L – I think you’re right on with your analysis. The subs just didn’t get it done. Maybe asking them to perform against Germany in Germany in the WC is a tall order, but they’ve got to do better.

Kaviedes is odd to me. He really had some nice plays when coming in as a sub, but he doesn’t have what it takes to create stuff on his own. not against the Germanys and Englands of the world, anyway.

Finally, good points re: Mendez. For long stretches of the game, I never see or hear from Mendez unless he’s taking a free kick. Valencia was ok, but without a good strikeforce up front, it was mostly for naught.

Why is no one saying that MORA sucks. I always hated him and i think a change is needed

Posted from  United States

Hi Alexis,

Not sure if you caught the game but if you did then you would of seen that he was actually pretty effective. The one thing that does concern me is his size he’s only 5′3″ so yes he is hard to catch but some of these European players are big and fast! However, he was quite a aparkplug off the bench

E4L

Posted from  United States

the russian arbiter is the most incompetent arbiter in the world. the game was just an embarrassment. since ecuador has to move on, it just could not pick up the ball and go home. i wonder who is running fifa. this shows again how imcompetence can hurt talented professionals.

Posted from  United States

Mora was not at fault in any of the goals and he played well throughout the game. There were a lot of poor passes made by Kaviedes and Borja, and de la Cruz had his worst game.

Posted from  United States

well it goes to show u that chaning the lineup wasnt a good thing and man the referee was totally being unfair..hopefully delgaldo and tenorio and hurtado will play the next game against england. go ecuador!!

Posted from  United States