[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Mr.Jingles wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
I will agree that they're not good enough to win the tournament, but they sure are good enough to be in the second round.[/QUOTE]
That I will agree, but... only because they were drawn in THIS group- I know few teams who were simply unlucky and I think are better than Ecuador yet are already out. Ivory Coast springs to mind- had they play against Poland and Csta Rica instead of Holland and Argentina... And now it seems one of those three (Czechs, Italy and Ghana) will be out as well...
Anyway- as I said I may change my mind- all they need to do is show something special against Germany. It's tomorrow, isn't it?
PS
I actually think on a good day Colombia is stronger than Ecuador. Seriously. It's easy to win (even with good teams) at 3000 meters... If they show sth really spectacular against Germany- THAN i will say they can win against good teams on the sea level as well. So far they won agaisnt two extremely miserable teams...
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Colombia actually beat Ecuador in the qualifiers 3-0, but they also lost to the 2-1 in Quito.
However, Ecuador was able to qualify because they took advantage of their status as locals, and as far as I'm concerned they didn't lose a single game at home. They even defeated Brazil 2-0.
The problem with Colombia is that despite having good players they lack definition, even when they are dominating their rivals they end up with a tied score or a loss. In the qualifiers that happened a lot to us as locals.
However, Ecuador was able to qualify because they took advantage of their status as locals, and as far as I'm concerned they didn't lose a single game at home. They even defeated Brazil 2-0.
The problem with Colombia is that despite having good players they lack definition, even when they are dominating their rivals they end up with a tied score or a loss. In the qualifiers that happened a lot to us as locals.