When asked by Álex Aguinaga and Marcos Mondaini that “Emelec is not a cup team” was added the export Esteban Dreer, a historical benchmark for the Blues, as he was one of the mainstays in winning four national trophies in the last decade – three in a row -.

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“The reality is that Emelec is not a cup team. At the time I was there, the hierarchy we had to establish to beat Tigres in Mexico, to beat Fluminense, to beat San Lorenzo, we didn’t have it,” the Argentine-Ecuadorian commented to the chain. DSport Ecuador.

“We didn’t have hierarchy and another thing that is said to be able to hit the table, like Barcelona did in Brazil, leaving out powerful people. We didn’t have the hierarchy to do that,” continued Dreer, who was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament in the 2013, 2014 and 2015 seasons.

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And he pointed out: “Emelec is not really a cup team, because when it participated in cups, it was constantly unable to hit the table in important moments and when it was needed.”

Millionaires participated in 29 editions – out of 64 that were played -. In 1995, he could only reach the semi-finals of the Conmebol tournament. Their rivals from Brodogradilište also have the same number of competitions, but reached the final in 1990 and 1998, losing to Paraguay’s Olimpia and Brazil’s Vasco da Gama respectively.

This polemic was started by Álex Blonde Aguinaga, who was the coach of Barcelona in 2011, with his comment on Round Radio: “The cup winning team is the one that has good participation, not (it’s about) just going and participating. Because if we talk about titles, it would only be Independiente del Valle and Liga de Quito (cup winners). It’s not just an experience, it transcends. A team that knows how to play the Cup is a cup winner. Emelec did not do well, that is the reality”.

“No one says that Barcelona SC is not a cup-winning team. Barcelona SC is a cup team. Emelec is not a cup team. Emelec is a team that tries to play, that’s a reality. What can we do?” he added.

and Devil Mondaini responded on the same station: “For me, the cup holder is the one who wins the cups, they hand out the labels.”

“Emelec can beat anyone, but beating a cup winning team doesn’t make them a cup winning team. To become a cup winner, you have to win the Copa Libertadores or the Sudamericana,” he added Devil, who was Dreer’s partner and another person in the four titles won by Bombillo. (D)