Saudi Arabia vs. Ecuador – Match Report – 23 September 2022

Ecuador and Saudi Arabia, who will participate in the World Cup in Qatar, tied 0-0 in the friendly match they faced at Enrique Roca Stadium in Murcia in front of about 10,000 spectators and with the stands wearing the yellow color of Ecuadoreans. fans.

The group led by Argentine Gustavo Alfaro dominated more and barely had moments of trouble, but errors in the definition and the good performance of Saudi goalkeeper Mohammed Al Owais prevented him from winning.

Piero Hincapi, with a header in the eighth minute, was the first to warn, then Ener Valencia, before the break, fired a ball that led to Al Owais’ brilliance.

La Tri continued to carry the weight of the match in the second half, and Jose Cifuentes, who participated in the first half in place of the injured Alan Franco, managed to score a quarter of an hour after the second half but did not find the goal. Target award either.

Alvaro made changes in the presence of Byron Castillo, Nelson Angolo and Michael Estrada, who replaced Angelo Preciado, Romario Ibarra and Carlos Gruezo, respectively, and later Angel Mina instead of Gonzalo Plata.

But fatigue slowed the pace and the Arabs, led by Frenchman Herve Renard, defended well enough to finish the match without conceding a net.

Game sheet:

0- Ecuador: Alexander Domínguez, ngelo Preciado, Jackson Porozo, Piero Hincapié, Pervis Espupiñán; Carlos Grosso, Alain Franco, Moises Caicedo; Gonzalo Plata, Romario Ibarra and Inner Valencia. Jose Cifuentes, Byron Castillo, Michael Estrada and Angel Mina also starred.

0. Saudi Arabia: Muhammad Al-Owais. Saud Abdul Hamid, Ali Al-Balihi, Abdul Ilah Al-Omari. Yasser Al-Shahrani. Reda Shrahili, Sami Al-Naji, Nasser Al-Dosari. Hattan Habri, Salem Al-Dossary and Firas Al-Braikan. Also participating in the tournament were Sultan Al-Ghannam, Muhammad Kanoo, Harun Kamara, Nawaf Al-Abed and Abdullah Mado.

Referee: Ivan Bebek of Croatia. He showed a yellow card to Ecuadorean Pervis Estupiñán (m 51), and to Saudis Sami Al-Naji (48+) and Ali Al-Bilahi (m 94).

Accidents: A friendly match was held at the Enrique Roca stadium in Murcia in front of about 10,000 spectators, the vast majority of whom were Ecuadoreans living in the region of Murcia and neighboring provinces.