The Ecuadorian coach, Gustavo Alfaro, affirmed that it will represent “a nice opportunity” to close the Qualifiers South Americans heading to the World Cup in Qatar against Argentina.
“We have to close the qualifying round with a full stadium and It’s a nice opportunity, because it will be against one of the best teams in South Americawhat next to Brazil, They are the only two undefeated of the tie,” Alfaro highlighted in a virtual press conference.
The technician of the Ecuadorian team assured that the Albiceleste, champion of the Copa América 2021, will arrive next Tuesday to the match against his team in Guayaquil in an “optimal process of evolution and maturation”.
This condition places the Argentine team among the six best teams on the planet and What candidate to stay with the World Cup in Qatar.
“It is not a minor fact, we have also received Brazil; we are receiving the best in the worldwhich is a very good and beautiful rehearsal, with demands and experience for us. We have to try to take advantage of that and prepare ourselves for the maximum challenge, like the World Cup,” Alfaro remarked.
After the recent 3-1 loss as a visitor against Paraguay, the Argentine coach in front of Ecuador revealed part of his tactic for the next duel: “We must try to return to our sourcerecovering players and taking care of others who have been dragging injury problems, to put the best team and close the tie well”.
In this point, Alfaro acknowledged that the defeat against the Guarani “hurt a lot, not because of the score but because of the way each goal fell”. And he recalled that, within the learning process, she “worked to correct and improve, to avoid mistakes that cost a lot.” That concept will keep him facing the World Cup, a competition in which, according to him, “You can’t make those mistakes, because they send you home.”
Likewise, the coach from Santa Fe anticipated that after the game against Argentina he will begin a stage of preparation to go to the World Cup in the best shape, and said: “I hope that the light that illuminated Ecuador in the first meetings of the Qualifiers stay liteven after Qatar”.
Alfaro said that during the qualifying contest its strongest message was to feed the faith of its young people ledso that they would believe in their abilities and possibilities.
“With the young You have to work permanently, after defeats or triumphs, in the permanent adjustment of experiences. And drawing conclusions so that they stay on the path in which they always work,” he said.
In this regard, the coach recognized the predisposition of young to believe in your proposal, but he also added the contribution of the most experienced, such as goalkeepers Alexander Domínguez (former Colón de Santa Fe and Vélez Sarsfield) and Hernan Galindez (an Argentine nationalized Ecuadorian), in addition to the attackers Angel Mena and Enner Valencia.
For the game against the Argentine National Team, Ecuador will miss the latter, its scorer, and defender Félix Torres, both due to suspensionswhile bringing back midfielders Alan Franco, Moisés Caicedo and Gonzalo Plata.