“It’s not something that left me worried,” was the astonishing statement made by Miguel Rondelli after Emelec’s 2-1 defeat against Aucas, on the fifth date of Pro League 2023. Were you not worried about the Blues occupying tenth place in the table, for the worst start of the championship for electric cars in five days, nor for the fact that at that moment he has only six points out of a possible 15? Will Rondelli be worried now?
Don’t lie, Mr. Miguel Rondelli. Emelec is the tenth, worry!
Emelec lost four times in the Pro League competition in the space of six dates, the worst start to the championship for an Astillero club so far in the new millennium. On Monday Emelec, at the Capwell Stadium, the culprit for the now destitute millionaires was El Nacional, a weak side that arrived in Guayaquil with three consecutive defeats (before defeating Rondelli’s troops, Orense, then Delfín and Aucas).
New blue fiasco: Emelec was defeated in Capwell against El Nacional for the 6th date of the Pro League
At the start of the local tournament, the Electricians had this many losses in half a dozen days played: two in 2000, 2002, 2003, Clausura 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022. . years.
They ran out of patience! Emelec fans protest against their players after the defeat to El Nacional in Capwell
less losses
In the 21st century, in six presentations, at the beginning of the Ecuadorian competition, he fell in Emelec three times in 2001, 2004, Apertura 2005, 2007, 2009, 2020. In 2015 and 2016, the millionaires had only one setback in his first six. obligations. And in 2013, 2014 and 2017, Emelec was undefeated when six matches were completed at the Ecuadorian level.
“If it is based on results, Emelec has regressed, not based on the game,” says Miguel Rondelli after the failure with El Nacional
Rondelli, an inexperienced Argentinian coach in charge in the first division for the second time, having done so last year at Universidad Católica, already has a negative record under Emelec. Four defeats in Pro League 2023 means he has been defeated in 66.66% of the six games played and has barely scored 6 units out of 18 possible.
In the standings, Emelec is above Católica, Mushuc Runa, Libertad and bottom team Guayaquil City. On the other hand, they are outclassed by some rivals with little experience, small clubs who have done a better job so far than the disappointing blue box. These are the cases of Gualacea, Técnico Universitario, Defín, Cumbayá and Orense.
So far a fiasco
With their miserable result, the former struggling team Emelec, who between 2009 and 2018 always finished on one of the podiums – a period that is the most role of an Ecuadorian team in the entire history of the national championship – is far from the leaders Independiente del Valle (13 units) , Barcelona SC (12) and Aucas (11). This complicated panorama begins to reduce all fighting options for the first phase.
A new board of directors, eight foreign footballers, the incorporation of more than fourteen reinforcements, a new coaching staff that replaced the one managed by the unproductive Spaniard Ismael Rescalvo, the signing of a consultant that comes when all the reinforcements and the coach are already engaged, these are all aspects that did not work in Emelec 2023.
The team does not play as such, today only the injured Miler Bolaños stands out individually, DT does not shy away from the misfortunes that are happening, and the fans have already lost their patience. In the current campaign, he was also registered by Danubio, in Montevideo, for the Copa Sudamericana. In the country, Emelec only managed to prevail in Guayaquil until the recently promoted Libertad, from Loja, and with difficulty to Technicar. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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