Ecuador and a key match against Switzerland in their opening World Cup

• They will play from the 13, by the E Group, whose favorite to France

Ecuador, in its third consecutive foray into the World Cup, will play from 13 an early end to the respectable selected from Switzerland, because although it's debut in Brazil 2014 if he wins will be well positioned in Group E whose favorite to France.


The meeting between South American and Swiss will be played at the Mane Garrincha stadium of Brazil's capital, will be refereed by the Uzbek Ravshan Irmatov and will be opened to an area that will complete their initial date at 16 with the crossing between France and Honduras.


Ecuador, 14th. in Japan and Korea 2002, and eliminated in the second round at Germany 2006, rounded off a good World Cup qualifiers and settled in Brazil with the intention of at least match what was done in the Cup the previous World, and to achieve this you need to beat the Swiss in the debut.

As for the football, Ecuadorians have a key role in midfield, veteran Edison Mendez, 35 years and two world played but certainly the great figure of the team's captain, midfielder Luis Antonio Valencia, important piece Manchester United in the Premier League.

The Swiss did not lose any match, totaled 7 wins and 3 draws and that earned them being seeded in the draw for the World Cup, and now have fallen for the quarter-final match of 1954, his best performance in nine participations, when organized World Cup.

Europeans have as coach Ottmar Hitzfeld veteran, 65 and who will be fired after Brazil Soccer 2014, after 30 seasons and two Champions League titles in his service record, one with Borussia Dortmund and the other with the Bayern Munich.

The match was taken as decisive for both the favorite status that is awarded in advance to the French, who should win the group and comfortable then the fight for second place for the second round will be defined between Ecuador and Switzerland, although in football nothing is decided beforehand.
Probable formations

Ecuador: Maximum Banguera; Juan Carlos Paredes, Jorge Guagua, Frickson Ayoví Erazo and Walter; Christian Noboa, Edison Mendez, Luis Antonio Valencia and Jefferson Montaño; Felipe Caicedo and Enner Valencia. DT: Luis Rueda.

Switzerland: Diego Benaglio; Lichteiner Stephan Fabian Schaer, Steve Von Bergen and Ricardo Rodri guez; Valon Behrami, Gokhan Inler; Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka; Valentin Stocker and.
- Lanacion.com.ar