Manaus, Sept 11: Brazil and Ecuador prepare for World Cup qualifier. Brazil and Ecuador prepared for their 2006 World Cup qualifying matches to be played in Manaus, Brazil on Wednesday (September 10). Ecuador, whose appearance in Japan and South Korea last year was their first at a World Cup final, began with a 2-0 home win over Venezuela on Saturday (September 06). Ecuador seemed confident although they will be without 35-year-old captain Alex Aguinaga who limped out of the match with Venezuela before halftime after taking a knock on the knee. He is expected to be out of action for ten days. Forward Ronaldinho is set to return for Brazil after missing Sunday's (September 7) 2-1 win in Colombia due to a suspension. Brazil trained in front of a 15,000 crowd at the Vivaldao stadium in the Amazon port city of Manaus on Monday (September 8) evening.
Parreira predicted his team would win the match. "Brazil's major product right now is football, it's the Brazilian team, there is nothing equal to it," said Parreira.


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