Luis Fernando Suárez confirmed his lineup for Saturday’s match against Venezuela at the Estadio Atahualpa in Quito. The absences of Javier Caicedo and Jaime Iván Kaviedes were important absences to the national team side. He gave the nod to Argentine Javier Klimowicz to play at goalkeeper. The nationalized goalkeeper is the fourth one that Suárez has called as he could not find the answer with Christian Mora. Daniel Viteri will be the backup goalkeeper after Marcelo Elizaga was injured after a head collision with teammate Joffre Guerrón.
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Ecuador<span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span></span>
Javier Klimowicz (Deportivo Cuenca)
Ulises De La Cruz (Reading-ENG)
Iván Hurtado (Atlético Nacional-COL)
Geovanny Espinoza (Vitesse-NED)
Oscar Bagüí (Olmedo)
Segundo Castillo (Red Star Belgrade-SER)
Antonio Valencia (Wigan-ENG)
Edison Méndez (PSV Eindhoven-NED)
Cristian Lara (LDUQ)
Cristian Benítez (Santos Laguna-MEX)
Carlos Tenorio (Al-Sadd-QAT)
———————————Klimowicz————————————————-
—-Bagüí——De La Cruz———————Hurtado——–Espinoza—————-
Lara——————Méndez—————Valencia—————Castillo———-
—————————Tenorio———————Benítez———————–
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Venezuela<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span>
Meanwhile Venezuela will head up to the altitude of Quito to open up their qualifying campaign. Coach Richard Páez decided to use a 4-5-1 variation in order to save themselves from the altitude. They practiced behind closed doors after arriving in Ecuador. Goalkeeper Renny Vega, and Juan Arango carry nagging injuries and will be more than able to start on Saturday. As soon as this match is over, they will head on a charter flight back to Venezuela as they will prepare to host Argentina in San Cristóbal.
Renny Vega (Busasport-TUR)
Luis Vallenilla (Nea Salamis-CYP)
José Manuel Rey AEK Larnaka-CYP)
Alejandro Cichero (Litex-BUL)
Andrés Rouga (Alki Larnaka-CYP)
Luis Vera (Caracas FC)
Miguel Mea Vitali (Unión Maracaibo)
Jorge Rojas (América-COL)
Ricardo Páez (Veria FC-GRE)
Juan Arango (Mallorca-ESP)
Giancarlo Maldonado (Atlante-MEX)
——————————————-Vega————————————–
Rouga————- Cichero—————-Rey————————Valenilla——-
Páez————–Rojas—————Mea Vitali———————–Vera———-
————————————Arango——————————————-
———————————–Maldonado——————————————
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