Test by Saudi Arabia, Spain’s rival in the World Cup, against Ecuador

The selections of Ecuador and Saudi Arabia They will play at dawn this Sunday (1:30 Spanish time), in New Jersey (USA)his penultimate friendly prior to his debut in the 2026 World Cupcommanded by their top figures in attack, Enner Valencia and Salem Al-Dawsari, respectively.

Valencia, 36 years old, He is the captain and historic scorer of his team, with 49 goals, in 105 games and Al-Dawsari34 years old, has scored 26 goals in 107 games.

They both sealed their signatures on the Qatar World Cup 2022, as Valencia scored a double for Ecuador’s historic 0-2 victory in the opening match against the host team, and Al-Dawasari the goal of Saudi Arabia’s 1-0 victory over Argentina. Beyond their figures in attack, Ecuadorians and Saudis will miss their defenses.

Ecuador will not have Piero Hincapié or Willian Pachowho will play this Saturday in the Champions League final with Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain, respectively.

For its part, Saudi Arabia has doubts about Saud Abdulhamid, who lost his passport in an assault in Amsterdam on May 25. The Saudis, rivals of Spainin the first phase of the 2026 World Cup (June 21 at Atlanta Stadium), they will participate in a World Cup for the seventh time.

The qualifying and qualification process for this World Cup was completed under the command of the French coach Hervé Renard, but it was replaced in April of this year by the Greek Giorgios Doniswith whom they lost the March friendlies 4-0 against Egypt and 2-1 against Serbia.

Against Ecuador, it is most likely that Donis resort to the base of the team that reached the World Cup ticket, also in the matches against Puerto Ricoon June 5 and four days later against Senegalin the United States.