In 1998 the team to watch in Ecuador were Liga Deportivo Universitario de Quito, (LDU Quito). They had played exhilirating attacking football, their young striker Iván Kaviedes hit an astonishing 43 goals that season and legendary Ecuadorian striker Eduardo Hurtado returned at the back end of the season on loan from LA Galaxy.
LDU faced Emelec in the 2nd leg of the 1998 Ecuadorian championship final on December 27 and had a 1-0 defecit to overcome. The star of game was an unlikely one, defender Ulises de La Cruz hit the first and only hat-trick of his career in an incredible 7-0 win. The other goals were scored by Eduardo Hurtado (2) Pavel Caicedo and club legend Néicer Reasco.
For more great games involving South American teams, check out the rest of the Partidazo series.
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ReplyDeleteFirst and foremost, a big & hearty congratulations on the site - the amount of information compiled here in such a short space of time is quite formidable!
I hope to be visiting regularly to keep up with South American football, which is something I've been meaning to do for some time even though I don't get as many opportunities as I'd like.
There's so much content, I think it might take me a couple of years to get up to date with it all!
As to the site itself, I'm experiencing some difficulty when scrolling down through pages - I don't know the reason for this, but you might want to look into it.
One final note - have you considered adding a 'trivia/quiz' area to the site? I realise you must already have loads on your plate, but I find quizzes a fun way of learning new stuff in areas of interest. I'm pretty sure that a few quizzes on basic stuff about South American footy (which I know very little about) - trivia about clubs, competitions, players, etc - would have me hooked for hours!
Just an idea - the site is great and, as I said, I hope to become a frequent visitor.
Best of luck!
Cheers for your comments, much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the scrolling issue.
Perhaps it is the sheer number of hyperlinks causing it. It can't be the embedded videos, I've tried to spread them out a bit and hyperlink to them using red text rather than embed them. I'll have a muck about and see if I can improve it.
You are right that I've got plenty to get on with, I'm working on themed icons, dropdown menus, site logo, etc as well as trying to build up more content. A weekly quiz sounds like a great idea once I have established a bit more of a regular audience.
I enjoyed the video.
ReplyDeleteOne correction though, Iván Kaviedes played for Emelec in 1998 not LDU Quito.