Ecuador’s U-15s are off and running in Baku. Eder Padilla scored in the 36th minute and Cabo Verde 0-1 Ecuador, the official FIFA result, gave Cristian Cachipuendo’s side three points in their first game of the FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival on Saturday morning. The match kicked off at 4:45 AM ET on Pitch 2A of the Hovsan Competition Complex.
La Tri announced on X shortly before kickoff that it was “Día de debut” (debut day) for the group in Azerbaijan.
How it went
The tournament is played eight-a-side, in two 20-minute halves. According to FIFA’s official match sheet, Ecuador started with Jesiel Pata in goal, Ezequiel Toala, Jefferson Arellano, Darwin Zamora, captain Jeison Cabeza, Franco Loayza, Eder Padilla and Jefferson Olaya. Padilla, a Liga de Quito youth player according to El Universo’s squad list, scored the only goal with four minutes of the 40-minute game left. Asthon Muñoz, Runi Morales, Joffre Santos, Jandry Hernández, Willians Gómez and Antoni Angulo were on the bench.
Group U after matchday 1
Kyrgyz Republic beat Uganda 4-3 and Equatorial Guinea beat Tonga 1-0 in the other Group U games, according to FIFA. Ecuador play twice on Sunday and twice more on Monday.
| Date | Time | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 25 | 2:15 AM ET | Ecuador vs Kyrgyz Republic |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 10:15 AM ET | Tonga vs Ecuador |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 2:15 AM ET | Ecuador vs Uganda |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 9:00 AM ET | Equatorial Guinea vs Ecuador |
Futsal: senior result confirmed, Brazil up next
CONMEBOL has now confirmed that Ecuador’s senior futsal team lost 2-1 to Peru on Friday in the Liga Evolución North Zone in Xanxerê, Brazil. On Friday we left that result out because we only had one source. CONMEBOL also lists Jonathan Vera as Ecuador’s scorer in the U-20 team’s 2-1 loss to Peru. Both teams face hosts Brazil on Saturday: the U-20s at 2:15 PM ET and the senior side at 4:30 PM ET.
Every Ecuador national team fixture is on our schedule page.
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