Video: Mexico 2 – Ecuador 1 Highlights (Friendly / Amistoso)
Vicente Matias Vuoso scored on a header in the 4th minute of injury time, lifting Mexico to a 2-1 exhibition victory over Ecuador on Wednesday night at Chase Field in Arizona.
The two teams are in the middle of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup but the Mexicans brought mostly backups for the fifth and final game of its annual U.S. tour. Ecuador used several members of its national squad even though it doesn’t have another South American region qualifier until next March.
“It was very important to win today,” Mexico national team coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said. “It was important for us to have confidence going into next week’s match with Honduras.”
The Ecuadorians jumped on top early as Walter Ayovi found Issac Mina with a long cross in the 8th minute. Mina headed the ball in from short range past Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, who plays for Club America.
Goles / Goals
México 0-1 Ecuador; Isaac Mina 7’
México 1-1 Ecuador; Leobardo López 49’
México 2-1 Ecuador; Matías Vuoso 89’
Alineaciones / Lineups
México
1.-Guillermo Ochoa, 2.- Diego Martínez, 3.- Fausto Pinto, 4.- Edgar Dueñas, 5.- Oscar Rojas (19.- Loebardo Lopéz 46’), 6.- Gerardo Torrado (7.- Jaime Correa 67’), 9.- Vicente Matías Vuoso, 15.- Fernando Arce (8.- Sinha 46’), 17.- Francisco Fonseca (14.-Edgar Castillo 58’), 21.- Nery Castillo (18.- Cesar Villaluz 71’), 22.- Francisco Torres (11.- Israel Martínez 46’).
D.T. Sven-Göran Eriksson
Ecuador
12.- Maximo Banguera, 2.- Luis Checa, 3.- Enrique Gamez, 4.- Jorge Guagua, 5.- Pedro Quiñonez, 7.- Luis Bolaños (16.- Gioanny Nazareno 86’), 8.- Luis Fernando Saritama (14.-Fabricio Guevara 89’), 10.- Walter Ayovi (6.- Jefferson Pinto 89’), 13.- Isaac Mina (9.- Narciso Mina 46’), 15.- Jonathan Hidalgo, 17.- Pablo Palacios (11.- Joao Rojas 89’).
D.T. Sixto Vizuete
Amonestaciones / Yellow Cards
Ayovi 29’ (Ecu), Quiñonez 30’ (Ecu), Arce 33’ (Mex)
Match report from Yahoo sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=ap-ecuador-mexico&prov=ap&type=lgns).
