Formative of Barcelona SC and Emelec, with zero contribution in the call of the selection of Ecuador sub-20 for the South American in Colombia

The traditional clubs of the Shipyard, Barcelona SC and Emelec, do not contribute with any player trained in their quarries to the call for the Ecuador under-20 team that will go to the South American in Colombia.

Independiente del Valle and Liga de Quito, both institutions from Pichincha, are the ones that contribute the most elements in the list presented by the Guayaquil coach Jimmy Bran, who called eight blacks and seven albos.

COVID-19 pandemic forced Colombia to cancel the South American sub-20

Of the champion Aucas, three footballers and one from Emelec, Guayaquil City, Deportivo Cuenca, Sporting Cristal from Peru and Ajax from the Netherlands were registered. In total there are 23 members of the national team that has the challenge of defending the title won in Chile in 2019 under the command of Argentine coach Jorge Célico.

In the case of Gilmar Napa, a goalkeeper who this year will be part of Emelec’s first team, his training was in the Orense SC de Machala youth academy.

“We cannot just go to participate, we have to be protagonists, we are going to defend our crown. You have to convince him of what the Ecuadorian soccer player is capable of, go compete but not participate. Why not dream of a two-time championship, because we are the current champions”, said the coach in an interview with radio Huancavilca.

The mini tri It is in group B together with Bolivia, Venezuela, Chile and Uruguay. His debut will be on Friday, January 20 (7:30 p.m.) against the Chileans; on Sunday 22 (16:00) they will face the Bolivians; on Thursday the 26th he will collide with the llaneros; and closes his participation in this phase on Saturday 28 against the charrúas.

“On paper they will say that Ecuador is in a feasible group, we don’t think so, we respect each of the teams,” said Bran.

Regarding the absences of Nilson Angulo and Anthony Valencia, he said that they were not loaned out by their teams Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht and Royal Antwerp in Antwerp -both from Belgium-, in that order. “We are going to have to manage without them. We have a great group of players and we will prove it that way”, concluded the DT. (D)

Call of the selection of Ecuador

Goalie

1. Ethan Minda (Quito League)

2. Tony Jimenez (Guayaquil City)

3. Gilmar Napa (Emelec)

Defending

4. Davis Bautista (Aucas)

5. Byron Carabali (Aucas)

6. Garis Mine (Independent Valley)

7. Orlando Herrera (Valley Independent)

8. Yeltsin Enrique (Quito League)

9. Daniel De La Cruz (Quito League)

10. Luis Cordova (Deportivo Cuenca)

Steering wheel

11. Patrickson Delgado (Ajax, Netherlands)

12. Juan Sánchez (Sporting Cristal, Peru)

13. Patrick Mercado (Valley Independent)

14. José Klinger (Independent of the Valley)

15. Denil Castillo (Quito League)

16. Oscar Zambrano (Quito League)

17. Sebastián González (Quito League)

Forward

18. Justin Cuero (Valley Independent)

19. Emerson Pata (Valley Independent)

20. Alan Minda (Valley Independent)

21. Yaimar Medina (Independent of the Valley)

22. Oscar Sosa (Quito League)

23. Christopher Zambrano (Aucas)