He is again a World Cup. Ecuador’s soccer team was classified to the 2026 World Cup after drawing 0-0 at the National Stadium of Lima with the Peru selection, which in turn was waiting for a miracle to access the Repesca area.
The Ecuadorians led by the Argentine coach Sebastián Beccacece stayed with 10 players at 75 minutes, after double yellow card for the Alan Franco steering wheel, but the goalless draw in the Peruvian field was enough to add a point that keeps Ecuador in the second place of the position table in South America, with 25 units, just like Brazil that beat Paraguay from premises and also achieved its classification.
With this accumulated, the “Tri” celebrated its ticket to the World Cup, although it could not break the streak of not being able to win in the Lima capital since 2009.
Meanwhile, Peru, directed by Oscar Ibáñez, is penultimate with 12 points and says to move Venezuela from the seventh place (holds 18 points) that allows them to access the playback for next year’s World Cup.
On this date, the “Vinotinto” fell 0-2 during its visit to Uruguay cast that reaches 24 units in the table and is very close to obtaining its direct classification.
In another vibrant match, Argentina rescued a 1-1 draw with Colombia in Buenos Aires and remains absolute leader with 35 points and already classified to the 2026 World Cup that will take place in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The “coffee growers” have 22 units and go in sixth place aspiring to qualify directly.
For its part, the Bolivia team defeated Chile 2-0 in the city of El Alto to reach 14 units and occupy the eighth place in Conmebol, while the Chileans were totally eliminated by being last with just 10 points obtained.
“Tricolor” party
In the first minutes at the National Stadium of Lima, both teams – Peru and Ecuador – were defensive, but the “tricolor” tried to surprise with two auctions from midfielder Pedro Vite and striker Nilson Angulo.
In the counter, the Peruvian captain, the endless centrodlantero Paolo Guerrero, disturbed with a right to the visiting goal that the goalkeeper Gonzalo Valle could reject impressively.
In the Ecuadorian attack Kevin Rodríguez and John Yeboa showed rebellion, but succumbed to the solid mark of the “Inca” led by the rear by Carlos Zambrano.
The “Blanquirroja” approached a header from Renzo Garcés that neutralized Valle. And then Andy Polo had the clearest goal occasion, shortly before the end of the first half, but the Ecuadorian goalkeeper cleared the ball and drowned the cry of the local fans.
Already in the second half, the Peruvian Edison Flores escaped and launched a shot from the half court, but was lost out of the arch.
And then Angulo left the Bicolor defense behind and shot the framework of the weapon Pedro Gallese, but the play was annulled by advanced position.
Later, Franco added his second yellow and was expelled in the 75th minute, leaving Ecuador with 10 elements that still defended themselves with Pundonor despite the attacks of Peru until the final whistle.
The score did not move, it was blank and all the happiness was for the “tricolor” of Ecuador that he celebrated by achieving his goal of registering in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
In the next dates of these Conmebol qualifiers (they are played in September), Peru will visit Uruguay and receive Paraguay in Lima, while Ecuador will be measured with Paraguay and close the tie against Argentina.
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Thus they aligned
– Peru (0): Pedro Gallese; Luis Advíncula (m.57, Oliver Sonne), Carlos Zambrano, Renzo Garcés, Marcos López; André Carrillo, Renato Tapia (m.68, Pedro Aquino), Andy Polo (m.82, Sergio Peña), Edison Flores (m.82, Luis Ramos); Kevin Quevedo and Paolo Guerrero.
– Coacator: Óscar Ibáñez.
– Ecuador (0): Gonzalo Valle; Willian Pacho, Piero Emphapié, Joel Ordóñez, Pervis Estupiñán (m.81, Félix Torres); Moisés Caicedo, Pedro Vite (m.81, Alan Minda), John Yeboah (m.77, Kendry Páez); Kevin Rodríguez (m.69, Yaimar Medina); Nilson Angulo (m.77, Angelo Preciado) and Alan Franco.
– Coacator: Sebastián Beccacece.
– Referee: The Colombian Andrés Rojas expelled Franco and admonished Carrillo, Flores, Tapia and Quevedo.
– Incidents: The sixteenth day of the South American Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup played at the National Stadium of Lima.
