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The captain and scorer of the Ecuadorian team, Enner Valencia, spoke to the media on behalf of his teammates after the 2-1 defeat against Senegal and elimination from the World Cup in Qatar 2022, and through tears, apologized to the Ecuadorian people for not having met the objective.
“Unfortunately we have not been able to meet the expectations of our Ecuador, we have gone through a very difficult time,” said Valencia through tears and quite moved by what he considers to be Ecuador’s premature elimination from the World Cup.
“We were happy, excited about what we were doing and today we have not been able to achieve it and we apologize to all of Ecuador”, completed the striker who was the only player from ‘La Tri’ who managed to score a goal in this tournament with a total of three.
The South American team led by the Argentine Gustavo Alfaro, began the World Cup by making history by becoming the first to defeat the host of the tournament in the opening match. Later they got an important draw against their counterpart from the Netherlands, which made everyone dream of the possibility of advancing to the round of 16.
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However, the situation became complicated in the last game against Senegal where they could not execute the game of the previous commitments and ended up paying for defensive errors, especially in the second goal that It came a few minutes after Ecuador managed to tie the game.
With this result, the southern team becomes the first South American team to be eliminated from the World Cup, where Brazil already got their pass to the round of 16, while Argentina and Uruguay must win on the last day to ensure their qualification to the next round.