He NRG Stadium will receive the next Thursday, July 4th The quarter-finals of this edition of the 2024 Copa América will be played. The protagonists of this first match will be Argentinaranked first in the Group A with a perfect score, and Ecuadorwho managed to advance to this round with 4 points due to goal difference.
In 90min we are going to review how the last 10 matches between the national teams of Argentina and Ecuador.
An international friendly in 2013 pitted them against each other for a match without any excitement, it ended in a 0-0 draw.
Their paths crossed again in an international friendly match where Argentina took the victory. Sergio “el Kun” Agüero opened the scoring after 8 minutes of play and Bolaños tied the game after 24 minutes. With the second half of the game already underway, Pastore appeared after 58 minutes to give the Albiceleste the victory.
Ecuador managed to beat the Albiceleste by 2 to 0 in this opportunity corresponding to a duel for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. The match seemed to indicate that everything would end in a goalless tie, however, Venezuelans Erazo and Caicedo decided to become the protagonists of this match in just two minutes.
Already on the road to Russia 2018, qualification for this World Cup put them face to face, but in the first minute of play Ibarra delivered the first upset of the match. This celebration did not last long, as the incomparable Lionel Messi not only made it 0-0 in the 12th minute of the first half, but then went for more and scored a hat-trick.
The return of friendlies is here and in what a way. Argentina crushed the Ecuadorian team with a total of 6 goals! and all of them, with a different scorer. The first player to open the list was Lucas Alario at 20 minutes, and just 7 minutes later the bad luck began for Ecuador, when Espinoza scored Argentina’s second goal against them.
Leandro Paredes continued to extend the lead and it was Mena who managed to score the goal that added time. Pezzella, Nico Dominguez and Ocampos completed the list of scorers.
The qualifying round for Qatar resulted in a narrow victory for Argentina, where Lionel Messi scored the only goal of the match from a penalty in the 30th minute.
The last Copa America, coincidentally, put them face to face in the quarterfinals. De Paul scored the first of the three goals tonight in the 40th minute. Lautaro Martínez extended the lead in the 84th minute. In this match, Piero Hincapie saw red in the 92nd minute at the end of the match and later, Messi sealed the result.
Another draw was recorded in the Qatar qualifiers. This time, Julián Álvarez opened the scoring in the 24th minute of the match, giving Argentina the victory. Valencia had the opportunity to equalise from the penalty spot in the 93rd minute, however, he missed his shot and ended up converting on the rebound.
Among the most recent clashes is the qualifier for the next World Cup in 2026 where Lionel Messi scored the 1-0 in the 78th minute.
The last and most recent precedent was a friendly in the weeks prior to the start of this Copa América where Di María scored the only goal of the match in the 40th minute.
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