Tag: Ecuador

Quito (Equador): Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has bagged a hat-trick and with it Argentina has secured a direct berth at next year’s World Cup in Russia with a 3-1 victory over Ecuador. In a dramatic final round on Tuesday in the South American zone qualifiers, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Uruguay and Colombia booked their tickets to […]

Buenos Aires: Argentina chief coach Jorge Sampaoli has called up Atalanta forward Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gomez for pivotal 2018 football World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Ecuador. But there was still no place in the squad for Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain as Sampaoli kept faith in Inter Milan forward Mauro Icardo. Gomez, who was named in […]