Only ten months have passed since then Aquiles Alvarez Henriques resigned from the leadership Barcelona SC and three since he won the election for mayor of Guayaquil, reason enough to talk to the newly elected mayor and hear his feelings about the title Pro League Serie A 2020 that the yellow ones celebrated before league Quitoon the field of Rodrigo Paz Delgado Stadiumand some other memory he has, between his eyebrows, about conflicts with ‘U’ in ‘White House’.

The businessman reflects on his experiences in an interview with EL UNIVERSO.

“In a way, we have always been tied to Barcelona at different times. My uncles were also leaders. The last relative of mine who was the manager of Barcelona was my uncle David, with whom he was on the Football Board Leonardo Bohrerand because of that they missed the championship (in 2002). flaw in a match against Liga de Quito when he Santiago Jacoma is it own goalbut Brazilian judges who managed Ecuadorian Football Associationdue to pressure omar quintana (former leader of Emelec who died in April 2020), they did not give him as own goal but like outside the partyso we missed that championship in Casa Blanca (on the last term final league National Championship), and we were always close”, he states.

As if the Liga-Barcelona SC match was to be played tomorrow, Sunday, Aquiles admits that he keeps the pictures of that match from 2002. “It’s a vivid memory because it was a difficult match. I remember that right after that game with Jácome there was a counter attack Daniel Garrido and outside, a shoe hit a post. It was a great match, unforgettable,” he says.

Finally, it recalls the opportunity for revenge that existed during the last presidential term Gallo Roggiero (2006-2007). The ‘9’ he brought, from series B, because we lacked a goal, Rafael Alberto Capurroand he was Elkin Soto. Capurro takes out the goalkeeper, and Soto was alone and didn’t let him, and he shoots. The things that happened at Casa Blanca are incredible.”

For this reason, Achilles appreciates that the technician Fabian Bustos He will topple an undefeated player of 25 years, 6 months and 10 days (9323 days unbeaten university in Rodrigo Paz Delgado. A total of 55 matches without defeat.

“And that’s where he, Fabián Bustos, was criticized the most, a week before (the match against LDU), there was a false rumor from the inside that said he was leaving (from the team), he hit the ball in Casa Blanca and we won 1- 0. So they remained forever in history Beto (Carlos Alfaro Moreno) and Bustos as a leader and coach who once and for all, despite the fact that we already won in 2020 and were champions and turned it around in Casa Blanca, solved the problem by winning in 130 minutes, I think, 1-0,” the former sports vice president points out.

Aquiles Álvarez, who will be sworn in as mayor of Guayaquil this Sunday, April 14, believes that the story of the undefeated Liga (Q) is completely resolved.

“And from my point of view, and based on the little or big experience he had in sports leadership, every time we play in Casa Blanca, Barcelona will most likely win because that paradigm has already been broken,” he predicts.

The next match between Barcelona SC and Liga Deportiva Universitario will take place at the Monumental Banco Pichincha Stadium, as part of the second phase of the Pro Serie A League 2023. The date and time have not yet been defined.

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