Edison Mendez goal boosts PSV hopes 20 februari 2007 23:45 [psv web] PSV pulled off a great result with a fine 1-0 win over Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League First Knockout Round first leg in the Philips Stadium on Tuesday night.
Edison Mendez unleashed a fierce low shot that beat Arsenal keeper Lehman on the hour mark. PSV will meet Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in London for the return leg in two weeks' time.

Edison Mendez scores after 61 minutes. The party atmosphere at the Philips Stadium was terrific, with the closing day of carnival coinciding with the match. And PSV were not in awe of their English opponents.

Arsenal fielded a team without any English players. The home crowd enjoyed the first entertaining moment of the game, when Phillip Cocu was put clear. The PSV captain, though, failed to connect with Diego Tardelli who deputized for Jefferson Farf

Ecuador sink Sweden 2-1 with first-half goals

                                           

QUITO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Ecuador scored twice in an eight-minute spell during the first half to beat Sweden 2-1 in an international friendly played in the Andean city of Cuenca on Thursday. Both teams fielded sub-strength sides with Sweden bringing a squad of Nordic-based players for their three-match South American tour, which began with a 2-0 defeat in Venezuela last Sunday. Midfielder Eder Vaca opened the scoring in the 16th minute when he beat John Alvbage with a left-foot shot for his first international goal. Carlos Tenorio, one of only two members of last year's World Cup squad in the Ecuador starting line-up, took advantage of slack defending to add the second eight minutes later. Sweden pulled one back when Rade Prica scored with a long-range shot in the last minute. Ecuador held on for the first win in three outings since reaching the second round of the 2006 World Cup. The two sides meet again in Quito on Sunday. (Writing by Brian Homewood in Rio de Janeiro)

The All Time Ecuador National Team Shirts

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1945         1947

1949         1953

1960         1965

1966         1969

1975         1979

1983         1985

1987          1991

1993          1996

2000          2002 (WC)

2003          2006 (WC)

Vitesse - PSV   0 - 1

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PSV, who saw off Vitesse 4-0 in a Dutch Cup tie three weeks ago, also claimed a win in the league game at the Gelredome in Arnhem on Saturday night. A goal from Edison Mendez proved to be enough to secure the ninth consecutive victory.

Both coaches had made one change from the teams that had met for a Dutch Cup tie at the beginning of November. Right back Jan Kromkamp missed out through illness and Michael Reiziger took his place in defence. Aad de Mos fielded the Dane Anders Due, a rather unknown player. Both teams took a tentative start to the game. Vitesse started most moves and PSV waited and controlled the game, as they had done so many times on previous occasions. The hosts enjoyed most possession of the ball and created the better chances, but goalkeeper Gomes thwarted efforts from Verhaegh and Pryor in the first fifteen minutes.

PSV scored from their first meaningful attack of the game. On twenty minutes Mendez was given some space during one of the rare counter attacks and the Ecuadorian midfielder unleashed a powerful left-footed shot that sailed into the roof of the net. Buoyed by the goal, the visitors had the upper hand and earned some fine opportunities. Farf