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Ecuadorian's National Soccer Team Blank El Salvador  3-0, in FIFA's Friendly Match in New Jersey !

NEW JERSEY(SMI-WIRE,06.13.17)The Ecuadorian's national soccer team preparing for their next World-Cup qualifying game against Brazil, defeat El Salvador 3-0, during a FIFA's friendly match at RedBulls Stadium, Harrison NJ.

The South-Americans were very consistent from the start defensibly and offensively, attacking from the corners and opening the score at the 17' minutes, when Pedro Pablo Velasco centered the ball from the far-right corner, finding John Cifuente inside the 18' and scoring in acrobatic way for Ecuador 1-0 lead.

El Salvador tried to tie the score with numerous counter-attack and shooting from a distance without any danger for Ecuadorian's goal-keeper Banguera, ending the half with Ecuador in front 1-0.

In the second half Ecuador picked-up where they left off and the second goal arrived at the 6' minutes, Leonel Ramirez ran the ball to far-left of the field evading couple Salvadorian's defenders and passing the ball to Enner Valencia, who easily tap the ball for 2-0 in favor of the South-Americans.

El Salvador despite being down by two goals, tried to re-group and create few offensive attacks but were neutralized by the Ecuadorian's defensive line without any problems.

Finally, Ecuador kept pressuring for more goals and found it in the 76' minute, during a breakaway, Enner Valencia managed to ran the ball inside the Salvadorian's 18' and was brought down for penalty call by the referee Baldomero Toledo.Fernando Gaibor executed the penalty shot and scored by kicking it to the left-side of Salvadorian's goalkeeper Oscar Arroyo for Ecuador 3-0 final victory." The results are very important, you always want to win to give you confidence and to the players. I always analyze the players individually and when they play in group during the training days and in the games played, all the players played well and I'm satisfied for their performance in this two games in the USA.The most important thing is the conclusion of selecting the right players based in the evaluation to be integrated in the squad for the next qualifying games " said Ecuadorian's Head Coach Gustavo Quinteros of the team after a successful two games US-Road Trip.

Ecuador end its US-Road trip with one tie against Venezuela (1-1) and one victory over El Salvador of 3-0.

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