With a goal from Enner Valencia and missed in the first half, the guests secured an important victory in Barranquilla
Closing the South American qualifiers for this season’s 2026 World Cup, Ecuador beat Colombia 1-0 on Tuesday evening (19), at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, in Barranquilla, in the 12th round. The goal of the match was scored by Enner Valencia, a player from Internacional.
With the result, the Ecuadorians overtook the Colombians in the standings and climbed to third place, adding 19 points. With the same number the home team drops to fourth place, having one less victory. Therefore, they lost the chance to momentarily assume deputy leadership.
The game
The guests surprised Colombia after just six minutes of play and opened the scoring with Enner Valencia. The Inter athlete made a nice individual play, passing two markers to finish in the goalkeeper’s corner, scoring a beautiful goal. At 28, Córdoba wasted an opportunity in an incredible way. The Colombian striker received a beautiful cross from James Rodríguez. The attacker arrived free in the six yard area, but got involved in the action and sent it wide.
At 34, the Ecuadorians were one less in the match, as defender Hincapié was sent off. The player tried to disarm Córdoba, who dribbled past the goalkeeper and ended up hitting the opposing attacker. Shortly afterwards, in the 37th minute, James Rodríguez took the free kick and hit the target, but the goalkeeper made sure the save was made. With another, the home team went up, but failed to open the scoring.
In the second half, Colombia returns to the same line and has a good opportunity in the first minute, with a header from Córdoba. In the 13th minute it was the turn of John Arias, a Fluminense player, to finish on goal, due to another save from the Ecuadorian goalkeeper. At the end of the match, with the teams more tired, the opportunities decrease, but the score remains the same. Ecuador managed to maintain the victory and the match ended with 24 shots for the hosts and just four for the visitors.
COLOMBIA 0 X 1 ECUADOR
12th round of the South American qualifiers
Date and time: 11/19/2024, 8:00 pm (Brasilia time)
Position: Metropolitan Stadium, Barraquilla (COL)
COLOMBIA: Camilo Vargas; Muñoz, Davinson Sánchez, John Lucumí and Johan Mojica; Portilla, Richard Ríos and Jhon Arias; James Rodríguez, Luis Díaz and Jhon Córdoba. Technician: Nestor Lorenzo
ECUADOR: Hernán Galíndez; Ordóñez, Willian Pacho and Piero Hincapié; Alan Franco, Moisés Caicedo and Pervis Estupinán, Vite, Minda; Gonzalo Plata and Enner Valencia. Technician: Sebastiano Beccacece
Goals: Enner Valencia, 6’/1st Q (0-1)
Referee: Esteban Ostojich (URU)
Assistants: Carlos Barreiro (URU) and Horacio Ferreiro (URU)
VAR: Andrés Cunha
Yellow cards: Lucumí, Portilla, Jhon Durán (COL); Moisés Caicedo, Gruezo (EQU)
Red cards: Hincapié (EQU)
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Source: Terra
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