QUITO (Reuters) - Midfielder Segundo Castillo was included in Ecuador's 23-man World Cup squad on Monday despite needing up to three weeks to recover from a knee injury he sustained at the weekend.
Coach Reinaldo Rueda, whose squad list was issued by the Ecuadorean Football Federation, considers the central midfielder, a veteran of Ecuador's last finals in Germany in 2006, an essential part of his team.
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