The reinforcements that Jimmy Bran expects for the mini-Tri in the U-20 World Cup

Three months from U-20 World Cup to be played in Indonesiathe Ecuadorian soccer team continues with its work under the command of DT Jimmy Bran, who hopes to strengthen his team for the FIFA tournamentafter a discreet performance in the South American of Colombia.

With only 8 points out of 27 possible in the South Americanand just enough to get the World Cup ticket, the helmsman of the mini-Tri aspires to have a large payroll for the World Cup that will start on May 20.

“In the World Cup we will see the fruits of the work done,” says Jimmy Bran after qualifying for the U-20 World Cup

As the South American is not a FIFA tournament, the clubs had no obligation to release their players to the participating federations, which deprived the team of having several of its legionnaires, so only Patrickson Delgado (Ajax B, Netherlands) and Juan Sánchez (Sporting Cristal, Peru) arrived to join the team.

“I think it will be different because FIFA supports them and the clubs have to lend the players in advance,” Bran told ESPN.

However, the strategist acknowledged that “there is not much time to workwe have March and April and already you have to think about what is coming, plan, see variantssee how the boys are in their clubs ”, he pointed out.

Bran mentioned players who have already been in the senior team, such as Nilson Angulo (Anderlecht, Belgium), Anthony Valencia (Antwerp, Belgium) or Diego Almeida (FC Barcelona, ​​Spain), in addition to players like Joel Ordóñez (Bruges, Belgium) or Maiky De La Cruz (Reims, France).

“There are players who are in first class and they will also have the opportunity to be with us. There are guys who can join to give us a hand, We will see the individual levels and then choose again, with honesty and respect for the playerbecause the one who is best at that moment has to be in the selection ”, indicated the strategist.

Bran remarked the “pride” of having reached the World Cup qualificationthe third consecutive for the mini-Tri after performing in South Korea 2017 and Poland 2019, a tournament in which the national team reached third place.

The tricolor helmsman recognized that, Despite the objective achieved, “it was not at the levels that we would have wanted. of that we are aware and it is where we must aim to continue improving, not only looking for a classification, but also playing well”, he said.

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In six months of workthe South American in Colombia was the second tournament that Bran led in this category, in the first of his stage he reached the silver medal in the South American Games, played in October, in Paraguay.

“everything leaves teaching. It is in mistakes that one draws better conclusions and we emphasize things to improve”, said the man from Guayaquil, who spoke of “a fairly good balance”, of his management. (D)