Enner Valencia, a striker with GPS, draws for Ecuador against the Netherlands, scores three goals and is injured

Enner Valencia

resists, at 33 years old, the appearance of new generation forwards, such as

.

The Dutchman already hit on the first day, but so did the controversial Ecuadorian, a guy with the gift of knowing where the ball will arrive in the middle or on the second play.

It's like he had a GPS in the area.

He adds three goals and leads the scorers, although the injury that forced him to retire, on a stretcher, raises questions.

With his goal, Valencia equalized against the Netherlands (1-1) and keeps Ecuador fully in the round of 16 race.

A draw against Senegal would suffice, as long as

's men score against Qatar, already out of the tournament.

A host who has abandoned even his public and who has matched the opinion of those who observe this World Cup out of place for many things.

Also for football.

NETHERLANDS AND TRUST

Gakpo's goal, when only six minutes had been played, achieved what a team like the Netherlands needs most, which in many ways is similar to the Spanish one.

The first is youth;

the second, ambition;

the third, a character selector.

With quality beyond doubt, they are teams that depend on the tailwind that carries confidence, results.

When Valencia tied, in the second half, they seemed to break down at times, with no ability to maintain control of the game.

It's tender.

Ecuador, on the other hand, competes to the maximum.

It's not the 2014 team, but it's brave and has a handful of high-energy players.

This is the case of Osasunista

, whose goal was annulled by VAR due to a positional offside by Ecuador.

Valencia's goal was also favored by his shot.

's rebound

went to the one place he shouldn't go, the center of the box.

There was this 'cazagoles'.

Currently at Fenerbahce, this World Cup may offer him one last chance, since he did not rule out retiring in soccer in the Middle East or the United States.

For now, his concern is to recover, after being substituted with a minute to go, on a stretcher.

This time he was not faking an injury to avoid going to the police station, as he had done in the past.

CONTROL AND SHOOTING

Gakpo thinks of other teams.

He is 10 years younger and everything ahead.

He already appeared in the first match to overcome Senegal's resistance.

He then went to meet a superb cross from

.

But his presentation as the next footballer, one of the names to score after this World Cup, came with control and a very hard shot to open the scoring against the Ecuadorians.

At 23, the Dutchman is a name for the big market, but before that he still has things to do in a team that will need his goals to move forward.

With the ball he does not find all the authority of the game that Van Gaal would like, but the coach, at 71, knows that this short tournament is an exercise in possibility.

This is not the time for teaching.

He will do whatever it takes, like he did in Brazil, where he switched goalkeeper before the penalty shootout against Costa Rica.

Step.

That doesn't always come out.

The eighths are already in his hand.

From there, the Netherlands will need a lot more.

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