The Ecuadorian team will celebrate on Thursday one hundred days without a technical director and without an interim coaching staff who will – until this date – take over the leadership of the team for the two matches of the FIFA date against Australia announced by the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF ).

FEF’s negotiations with the Argentinian coach failed Ricardo Gareca who has been linked with Vélez SarsfieldThe selection contains only option names, not specific download candidates.

Would the coach of the Ecuadorian team come from Paraguay?

According to sources consulted by EL UNIVERSO, Guillermo Almada would be the new first option on the FEF radar, although the Uruguayan’s profile does not appear to be unanimously convincing in the entity’s board.

Paulo Bento, the former coach of South Korea, would be another option for the bench of Ecuador

The national team is officially without a technical director 29 November 2022 following Qatar’s 2-1 World Cup group stage defeat by Senegal.

Argentina’s Gustavo Alfaro has not reached an agreement with the FEF to extend his contract or sign a new one for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

Although Almada returned on Tuesday to discuss his desire to lead the Uruguayan team, the Pachuca coach and his agent are keeping an eye on movements in Ecuador.

The same sources consulted by EL UNIVERSO do not rule out that Spanish Miguel Angel Ramirezwith a contract until June 2024 in Real Sporting de Gijón, i.e. the Argentine Martin Anselmithe skipper of Independiente del Valle, whether they are Almada’s alternative or the new ‘plan B’ of the FEF president, if the Ecuadorian offer does not convince the former Barcelona SC.

Almada’s contract does not close the possibility of Selection

Coach Pachuca spoke with the program on Tuesday all the ball from Carve Deportivo and gave details of clause in your contract with the Tuzos in case the offer of the national team arrives, Uruguay is obviously the priority for the coach.

“We talked for a long time with the team (Mexico), we presented the work plan and they expressed the idea that they can count on us; then there are a number of important items that have to be put together, and there was something about which no agreement was reached and in the end they decided on Diego Cocco. We are very grateful that they remembered us, the only thing we try to contribute is work and knowledge, and that is our projection,” Almada said. all the ballin statements collected by the newspaper EarthFrom Uruguay.

Almada also said if the Uruguayan team sent him a message to express interest: “No, that’s the reality. But this desire to lead the national team was obvious since I was leading Tacuarembó and while I was playing football, I also stated that my greatest desire was to participate in the national team. For every athlete, the most important thing is to represent your country, it is tattooed on your heart and blood; especially those of us who have been abroad for many years. I say this because we don’t want to create controversy and we’ve put an opt-out clause since we went abroad in case it ever happened, but the reality is that we’ve had contact with Mexico and other teams, but no time with Uruguay.

La Celeste has had a temporary coach since February 28. The Uruguayan Football Confederation (AUF) announced that Marcelo Broli exclusively for friendlies on the FIFA date in March. Uruguay are scheduled to face Japan on March 24 and South Korea on March 28.

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