Salvador Capitano and Raul Marcovich once again they dress short to direct their former Emelec students in Guayaquil. The reason is very special: the event commemorating St seventh national championship of football that achieved a million dollar team against Green cross in town Blanket in in 1993. That powerful team that Capitano formed waited three decades to make a ceremonial Olympic turn George Capwell Stadium with his audience. It will be an event Monday, June 12 (4:00 p.m.)when the blue celebrants meet again on the pitch during a friendly match celebration against former Manabita team players.

In addition to Capitan and Marcovich, they were also invited Marcelo pepo Morales, Marcelo Benitez, Emilio Valencia, Maximum tenor, Jose Campos (played in 1992), Ivan Hurtado, Enrique Verduga, Kleber Fajardo, Tom Arboled, Edwin Ramirez, Marcos Caicedo, Jose Federico Minda, Humberto Garces, Jacinto Espinoza, Angel Fernandez, Angel Hurtado, Luis Capurro, Jesus Cardenas, Edward Aparicio (1988 champion), Vidal pachito, Edward Smith, among others. Likewise, the leaders of that time, such as Nassib Neme.

“The day is coming, now there is less work. It cost a lot to make this event, a lot of people helped us. What we initially thought would be a joint dinner ended up becoming this event. The organizer (Xavier Izurieta), all of us, the players who support us in every way, the sponsors who helped us bring back the players who are in the United States, in Argentina; and people here from Ecuador, from Quito, from Esmeraldas,” he told EL UNIVERSO Toto Capitano, who arrived in the city on Tuesday afternoon.

He Toto he has mixed feelings as he walks across Capwell’s lawn. The 68-year-old Argentine coach remembers that the substitutes’ bench was located at the foot of the General Gómez stand. The substitution bench and the technical area have been located since the reopening of the stadium in the sector of the San Martín stand.

“You come here and you stand on the grass and those memories are exciting. This is the feeling when there is an emotion, a movement that a person has in the depth of the stomach, and the little things that eat us there, and it is the nervousness that everything will go well, that is, that people will follow us. I know that because of Monday it will be problematic for people to come so early,” he added.

The man from Rosario said that the program is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. with the presentation of plaques to celebrities who cannot accompany the group to this party, such as Dannes Coronel, Jorge Batallas, Eduardo On that Garcia, among other club legends.

Retro uniforms were made in which every detail of the jerseys worn by Emelec and Green Cross players in the 1993 season has been preserved.

About 32 people, including former football players, coaches and managers, were invited to participate in the event. Ten players, Capitano and Marcovich participated in this activity with EL UNIVERSO.

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