By: EFE Updated 27 Jan 2022, 24: 25 pm EST
Ecuador rescue this Thursday in Quito to 15 minutes from the end of regulation time a 1-1 draw with Brazil which postponed its qualification for the Qatar World Cup in a match in which the Colombian referee Wilmar Roldán and the VAR took center stage.
Roldán sent off the goalkeeper Alisson twice and awarded a penalty to Ecuador but in all three circumstances the decisions changed after consultation video images.
Casemiro put Brazil ahead in the minute 5 after a corner kick executed by Coutinho.
In the minute 12 the Ecuadorian Alexander Domínguez saw a red card after a kick to the neck by the striker of the national team Brazilian Math Eus Cunha. But the expulsion materialized after consulting the VAR.
The Brazilian Emerson
also saw the red one when at the minute 15 he hit Michael Estrada.
In the minute 75 tied Ecuador with a header from Félix Torres .
La Canarinha, already qualified for the World Cup in Qatar 2022 to be played between November and December, added a point to reach the 36 units and Ecuador reached the 24 which leaves it three behind in the standings.
On the sixteenth day, Ecuador will visit Peru and Brazil will receive Paraguay.