Enner Valencia has scored Ecuador라이브 바카라 last six바카라 웹사이트World Cup바카라 웹사이트goals so there라이브 바카라 no understating how worried his country is after he was바카라 웹사이트carried off the field on a stretcher바카라 웹사이트against the Netherlands바카라 웹사이트(More Football News)
Ecuador hopes that the 33-year-old striker라이브 바카라 troublesome knees are OK for a decisive final group match against Senegal on Tuesday. He hurt his right knee against the Netherlands after spraining his left knee in the first game against Qatar.
He was up and walking a little while after that stretcher ride with an ice pack strapped to his right leg.
“Let라이브 바카라 hope,” Valencia said.
Ecuador라이브 바카라 captain has three goals in two games in Qatar and is clearly key to its chances of reaching the knockout stage for only the second time. He scored three in three games in Ecuador라이브 바카라 last World Cup appearance in 2014 but that wasn’t enough to advance in Brazil.
La Tri have a slight advantage this time by needing a win or a draw to be certain of going through. Senegal has to win to be sure of advancing.
A victory by host Qatar over Netherlands would make other permutations possible in Group A but that result is seen as unlikely given바카라 웹사이트the Qataris’ struggles.바카라 웹사이트They have already been eliminated.
A prolonged stay at the World Cup would put more strain on Valencia라이브 바카라 knees and an ongoing ankle problem but there라이브 바카라 no doubt he’d take the pain for some World Cup joy after 10 years of service to the national team.
“Good people like Enner deserve good things,” Ecuador coach Gustavo Alfaro said. “He라이브 바카라 worked hard for this.”
The young Ecuador team바카라 웹사이트beat Qatar 2-0 in the tournament라이브 바카라 opening game바카라 웹사이트then stretched the favored Netherlands in 1-1 draw.
“No matter what happens in the next game, I’ll never change my mind about these guys,” Alfaro said. “I’m certain that a great future awaits them. They’re fighting their first battles.”
While Ecuador holds out hope for Valencia라이브 바카라 fitness, Senegal is already two games into life without its best player.
Sadio Mane라이브 바카라 injury just two weeks before the World Cup forced the African champion to reconfigure its forward line and its entire game plan.
It was still a work in progress in바카라 웹사이트an opening 2-0 loss to Netherlands바카라 웹사이트but Senegal came closer to fully adjusting to Mane라이브 바카라 absence when forwards Boulaye Dia, Famara Diedhiou and Bamba Dieng all scored in a 3-1 win over Qatar to revive Senegal라이브 바카라 chances.
Senegal, ranked No. 18 in the world and fresh from winning the African Cup of Nations title in February, would normally be the clear favorite over the inexperienced No. 44 Ecuador, even with Valencia라이브 바카라 extraordinary run of scoring in four of Ecuador라이브 바카라 last five World Cup games.
It라이브 바카라 never so simple at a World Cup and certainly not at this one after바카라 웹사이트No. 3 Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia바카라 웹사이트and바카라 웹사이트No. 2 Belgium fell to Morocco.
“Just look at how the World Cup is unfolding,” said Senegal coach Aliou Cisse. “I think anything can happen at this World Cup. It라이브 바카라 not like 30 years ago when the big fish were completely eating the little fish alive.”
