Ecuador Sub-17, Once Again in the World Cup

The Ecuadorian soccer team Sub-17 celebrated its second world classification. Yesterday the Ecuadorian team played against the Argentinean one, the match was held at Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa, were Junior Sornoza defeated the Argentinean defenders. The 500 fans that attended the game cheered the Ecuadorian team by chanting “Ecuador, Ecuador, Ecuador…”

Sadly Junior Sornoza was injured during the minute 67 of the match. While the Argentinean couch, Oscar Garre, watched in awe the superiority of the Ecuadorian team. Soon the player Jose Francisco Cevallos scored the first goal, while Luis Batioja added the second point. However the goal made by the Argentinean Federico Andrada, made the Ecuadorian fans nervous.

The game ended and Ecuador defeated Argentina by 2 to 1. After yesterday matches, the Latin American teams, Brazil (10 points), Uruguay (8 points), Argentina (7 points), and Ecuador (5 points) earned their world classification.

Source: Expreso Newspaper