Ecuador’s last victory in a Copa América (16 wins in 126 games) occurred in the so-called Centenario edition, in the United States 2016. The victim was Haiti, representing Concacaf, which they defeated 4-0 in the last game of group B .
In the 2024 Copa América, the Tricolor, led by Félix Sánchez Bas, will share sector B with Venezuela and two teams from the North American, Central American and Caribbean Football Confederation: Mexico and Jamaica.
Kendry Páez, along with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, chosen among the best by almost 50,000 voters in a survey by Marca newspaper
The national premiere will be against the llaneros (June 22) and later the opponent will be the squad from the land of Bob Marley (June 26. On the 30th it will close against the Aztecs). Today, the biggest news is in Jamaica, because there is a striking complaint made by one of its main soccer players.
Calendar of friendly matches for the FIFA 2024 date for this Saturday, March 23
‘Not a single dollar’
The newspaper Marca, from Spain, reports the following: “There is no doubt that Leon Bailey (Kingston 1997) is one of the greatest exponents of Jamaican football. The Aston Villa winger is one of the keys to the good season of Unai Emery’s team, he has 12 goals and 11 assists, but in this national team break he took the opportunity to speak on the podcast Let’s be honest (Let’s be honest and throw a hard dart to the Football Federation of his country.”
What did the former Bayer Leverkusen and Genk player say? “It is not professional at all to play in Jamaica. A lot of people don’t know that most of the time I book my own flights to come represent my country because they are not very professional. You receive all the information about your flight about the time of departure. By the way, I don’t remember the last time I received a single dollar from the federation,” Marca reads.
‘This is ridiculous’
Bailey was more forceful: “When I say there is no professionalism, I mean that there is not even adequate sports equipment. When you arrive at the sports center the only thing they give you is a t-shirt. On game day they force you to wear a women’s shirt. This is ridiculous. When I go there I feel like they don’t really know what they have to do.”
A source from the Jamaican federation leaked, regarding the allegations, that “the only certainty is that these statements are not true. “Bailey is currently suspended and was not called up on the FIFA date for arriving late at the hotel, exceeding the time agreed upon in the concentration.” (D)