Ecuador lost against Colombia by 1-0, but remains optimistic

Despite losing in Barranquilla, “La Tri” remains in the zone of classification and its fans are convinced that in Bolivia, on Tuesday, it will get  the points needed to classify to the World Cup 2014.

Yesterday Ecuador could tie, but his captain, Walter Ayovi missed a penalty and despite playing with one man less (Achilier was expelled at minute 16th,) in the second half Ecuador had more chances to score than Colombia. In the end, Colombians celebrated the result of 1-0.

In other matches, Chile took a major step to ensure a space in the World Cup by winning 3-0 to Venezuela, while Uruguay won 2-1 to Peru in Lima, which positioned them  as the best optioned to go to the playoffs.

In a match between the bottom positions,  Paraguay thrashed Bolivia 4-0.