La Tri‘s first match will be on Thursday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Ecuador, against Guatemala. Italy will be the second rival of Félix Sánchez Bas’ team, a match that will be played on Saturday, March 24 at 3:00 p.m. (Ecuadorian time). Both matches will be played at the Red Bull Arena, which is located in New Jersey, United States.
Although the Ecuadorian Football Federation has not yet given information about the tickets, In the United States, tickets are already being sold for Ecuador’s two friendly matches. Ticketmaster and several ticket sales sites can now purchase tickets to see La Tri against Italy and Guatemala.
As for the La Tri match against Guatemala, tickets have a much lower value. The cheapest are at $52.91, which goes up to $67.66 with fees. The most expensive ticket costs $400, a value that rises to $468 after fees.
Tickets for Ecuador vs Italy start at $198, a value that goes up to $234.61 with taxes and the service fee.. The most expensive ticket is $676, a price that rises to $792.70 due to taxes and service charges.
We will have to wait for the FEF to carry out its official sale to know if the values remain the same or fall, especially for the match against Italy, for which the values are high.. La Tri already played a friendly at the Red Bull Arena in June 2023 against Bolivia, for which they charged $55 for the cheapest ticket.
This is how Guatemala and Italy arrive at the friendlies against Ecuador
The Guatemalans, ranked 108th in the FIFA ranking, played a friendly with Iceland in January, which they lost 1-0 at Chase Stadium in Miami. Previously, in November 2023, they drew 0-0 with Jamaica and before that duel they lost 3-0 with Panama, in their farewell to the Concacaf Nations League.
The last to score for Guatemala was Óscar Santiz, at 31 minutes in the 3-2 defeat against Trinidad and Tobago, on October 13.
Guatemala national team will go against Ecuador on FIFA date.
The case of Italy (ninth in the FIFA ranking) is different. With more internationally renowned players, it is also a team in full transition and has not played since November of last year, due to qualification for the Euro.
The last match was a goalless tie with Ukraine and the previous one, they beat North Macedonia 5-2. From Europe they assure that Luciano Spalletti will use these friendlies (the first against Venezuela) to rotate and evaluate various options in the team.
When will Ecuador’s squad for the friendlies be known?
The wait is desperate. And ten days before the first match, in Ecuador they are expectant. That is why this week the list of those called up for this double FIFA date will be known. This was confirmed by the Tricolor coach, Félix Sánchez Bas, after the match between Liga de Quito and Cumbayá.
«The call will go out once this weekend date (of LigaPro) ends. We just checked how some of the boys are doing and the list will be up soon this week,” said the coach.