The enemy inside the house? Gustavo Alfaro, coach of the Ecuador national team, recognized that a detail within his team off the field influenced so that edison flowers tie the game and that Peru remains in the qualifying zone for Qatar 2022. Who did he point out? To the ecuadorian prop.
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The former coach of Boca Juniors, without saying the name, blamed the prop man of the Ecuadorian team, who had forgotten his jersey in the locker room. Diego Palacios player who could not enter ‘in time’ due to the injured Ayrton Preciado, left Ecuador with 10 players and at a disadvantage for the goal of ‘oregitas’.
“I don’t think we lacked concentration, There was a detail there when Ayrton Preciado was injured, I wanted to put him on ‘Chicky’ Palacios, but the shirt disappeared. The shirt was missing, so we couldn’t make the change. When they bring us the shirt, the referee had already set the ball in motion”, he said in a voice of anger and disappointment.
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“We lacked a player and that’s where the play comes from, that’s why I say it’s fate, the fact that there are details and mistakes that we can’t make. There was a lot at stake and the team had played a great game. That mistake should never have been made”, criticized the DT to the prop team that could be renewed.
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In social networks, the fans of the Peruvian team were undone in gratitude for the prop of the Ecuadorian team. “Nationalize the prop from Ecuador”, “All of Peru loves the prop from Ecuador”, “A recognition in the goal for the prop from Ecuador, a crack”, “How can you not have the substitute player’s jersey ready? It’s not a goal, it’s an own goal by the prop”, were some of the comments.
DT of Ecuador optimistic about going to the World Cup
The Ecuadorian team was left wanting more, after drawing one with Peru in Lima, within the framework of date 16 of the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers. The good thing for the ‘Tricolor’ is that it added and approached the goal to qualify for the World Cup. This was assessed by the coach of the team from the neighboring country, Gustavo Alfaro.
“The point is good. We are not happy because we tied the visitors. We wanted to win the game and qualify by winning. That marks the ambition of this team. We want to play in Qatar”, declared the Argentine coach at a press conference.
Who is the prop of the Ecuadorian team?
Richard Buitrón, is the head of the props team of the Ecuadorian national team and who has been blamed for not being able to reach Diego Palacios’ shirt in time, which generated that the ‘Tricolor’ was left with ten players and suffered the draw of Peru, with Edison Flores goal. An error that caused bitterness throughout the neighboring country.
While the Ecuadorian national team landed on Quito and the federation has already initiated the investigation into the team led by Richard Buitrón, 49, who carries two decades of experience organizing the logistics of the ‘Tricolor’.
The ‘peruvian prop‘ or ‘Peruvian player number 120, as he has been baptized on social media, has attended three World Cups, a record envied by any player on the northern team. The person from Quito has humility that has traveled almost the entire planet and that in his journey has filled 5 passports.