The team that made the final comeback with a negative score, beat Brazil to second place, and made the fifth time to advance into the World Cup

On the morning of June 11, the focus battle of the 16th round of the World Cup in South America was staged in Peru's away passion. The Ecuadorian men's football team defeated the Peruvian men's football team with a 0-0 draw. With this precious draw, they scored 25 points, played side by side with the Brazilian men's football team, and stood out as the champions with a goal difference, returning to the second place in the standings. With only two rounds of games left, Ecuador's men's football team led the seventh-ranked Bolivian men's football team by as many as 7 points, and has already won the tickets to the World Cup ahead of schedule.

As a strong team in South American football, the Ecuadorian men's football team gradually emerged this century and became a regular visitor to the World Cup. From the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, to the 2006 World Cup in Germany, to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, they have stepped on the highest stage of world football four times, showing their outstanding strength and style. Now, with the expansion of the World Cup to the 48th team, the number of places in South America has also increased to 6.5, which undoubtedly paves a broader road for the Ecuadorian men's football team to advance to the World Cup.

However, the journey of this World Cup qualifiers has not been smooth for the Ecuadorian men's football team. Before the game started, they were severely punished by FIFA for using players in violation of regulations in the last World Cup, and started with a loss of 3 points in the new season. This sudden blow undoubtedly cast a shadow on their World Cup qualifiers. However, the Ecuadorian men's football team was not discouraged. With their tenacious fighting spirit and outstanding performance, they made rapid progress and continued to rise in rankings, and finally achieved a gorgeous turn from negative points to leading, from dilemma to smooth roads.

In the last round of the game, Ecuador men's football team tied the strong Brazilian men's football team 0-0, ranking second in the South American region with 24 points, second only to the Argentine men's football team, and even surpassed Brazil and Uruguay World Cup champion teams. They lost only 2 games, making them the team with the least number of losses in South America and also conceded the least number of goals. Such performance undoubtedly makes people look forward to their future.

Before this round of the game, the Ecuadorian men's football team received another good news: the seventh-ranked Venezuelan men's football team lost to the Uruguayan men's football team. This means that as long as the Ecuadorian men's football team draws Peruvian men's football team in this game, they will lock in the quota that will go directly to the World Cup in advance. Faced with this good situation, the Ecuadorian men's football team was full of morale and determined to score one point away.

However, the process of the competition was much more difficult than expected. In the second half, Ecuadorian men's football team played one less and faced tremendous pressure. But with their tenacious defense and excellent goalkeeper performance, they finally defended a 0-0 draw. Statistics from the game show that the Ecuadorian men's football team had 10 shots in total, three of which were right. Although they failed to create a good scoring opportunity and did not get a corner kick, it was not easy to get one point with one less player.

So far, Ecuador men's football team scored 25 points in 16 rounds, tied the Brazilian men's football team and returned to second place in the standings with a goal difference. At the same time, they are 7 points ahead of the seventh-ranked Venezuelan men's football team, and locked in the top 6 in the standings with only two rounds of games left, becoming the third South American team to secure a spot in the World Cup after Argentina and Brazilian men's football team.

This is the fifth time that the Ecuadorian men's football team has advanced to the World Cup finals, and all of them have been achieved this century. Their best results were in 2006