Miguel Rondelli, Emelec’s coach, said that last Sunday’s 2-1 defeat by Aucas did not worry him. He stated this because, according to him, his team was the protagonist in Quito and played well. What can I answer? It’s true that they lost to a team that is the current national champion, but that rival that beat them presented an alternative lineup. If Rondelli is not worried about that defeat, we must remind him that with Emelec in 2023 he lost four games in a row: against Orense, Delfín, Danubi and Aucas.

“No one knows the truth about Dixon Arroyo, they said things that are not true and it annoys me, I don’t know what interests they are looking for”, is the discomfort of Miguel Rondelli, coach of Emelec

Rondelli recommends “not to see ghosts”, but Emelec lost Dixon Arroyo, the most solid national team player they have had in recent years, due to an event for which there is no official explanation, as the reasons for this parting were not much talked about.

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How to lose a vital football player if it is known that he had a debt of 40,000 dollars in the conversation with the club? There was no more. Arroyo was owned by Emelec, and 24 hours after his departure from the club, it was announced that Arroyo had joined the MLS team (Inter Miami). This situation is similar to that of the Uruguayan Sebastián Rodríguez, another key element for Emelec (who left for Peñarol for free).

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How can Rondelli say he is not worried if none of Emelec’s foreign footballers are making a difference? Also, electricians are ranked tenth and if that doesn’t make you uncomfortable then oh my god! After the fall from Aucas, the Argentinian coach claimed that they are talking nonsense and that ghosts are seen where there are none.

So what are the demands of the players (according to the management), a one-day strike (in support of the Arroyo team), being without a valuable midfielder like the man from Guayaquil, losing four games between the Pro League tournament and the South American Cup, and being in tenth place among 16 teams on the table. It’s not nonsense, and it’s not all about seeing ghosts that don’t exist.

The only sensible thing that Rondelli said in the press conference, after the defeat at the Gonzalo Pozo Ripaldo Stadium, is this, which I wrote down: “We have accumulated anger, we have dragged it and it is a backpack that weighs us down.” I can believe it, it’s true. All the rest are excuses without any weight.

Secondly, we are very surprised that in such a short time the leadership of Emelec (which took office in November 2022) has such serious problems. Previously, the inconveniences were not announced at all because I assume they did not exist. Or if there were, they were perfectly well controlled, as they should be. Today, the only option that Emelec has to improve is that the footballers who are injured present a great response when they recover. Miler Bolaños has proven that he can be instrumental in something, but playing alone with Miler is not the answer.

There are other elements that should be needed to raise their level and show the football category. If Emelec brought two central midfielders, five and eight (Argentinian Carlos Villalba and Uruguayan José Alberti), and they are not enough, there are national team members who are superior to them. In addition, a shooter like Bryan was repatriated Coward Angulo, but it happens that he played very little to compensate for the great investment and effort of the management.

Several elements have to win in the hierarchy and only if that happens, if they improve their performance, perhaps it could be said that Emelec has a team based on two or three important elements. Hence, the other players are real unknowns. (OR)