Ecuadorian team.

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[Reporter Lin Yuefu/Comprehensive Report] "Plateau Killer" Ecuador gained a strong home advantage by virtue of its home court being located at an altitude of nearly 3,000 meters, which became the key to their fourth World Cup in team history, but after leaving the home court, It is not easy for this South American team to qualify for Group A of the current Qatar World Cup.

In the South American qualifiers, Ecuador swept 5 wins, 3 losses and 1 loss at home, and even drew with Brazil and Argentina; only after leaving the home court, the away record was only 2 wins, 2 and 5 losses, but only relying on a good home record , still better than traditional South American powerhouses such as Chile, Peru, Colombia, etc., and once again got tickets for the World Cup.

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The 33-year-old E. Valencia (Enner Valencia) played for the Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahce. He is not only the captain of the national team, but also the number one main player. So far, he has scored 35 goals for Ecuador.

It is worth mentioning that he stood on the World Cup stage for the first time in 2014, and contributed 3 goals in 3 group matches, which is also all the goals of Ecuador in that session. After 8 years, he competed in the World Cup again. Now he has more experience. It is worth paying attention to whether it can help the plateau killer to break out of the siege.

Ecuador is in the same group as the Netherlands, Senegal and the landlord Qatar in this group stage. It is bound to break the curse of "the landlord is undefeated in the first battle" in the opening game. The primary goal is to defeat Qatar, and then encounter the European powerhouse Netherlands is an attempt. Fighting, it is expected that the key battle will be the final battle against Senegal.

World Rank: 44

Number of entries: 4

World Cup best result: Round of 16 (2006)

Head Coach: Gustavo Alfaro

Indicator star: E. Valencia (Enner Valencia)

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