Emelec’s campaign in Pro League 2023 was poor and complicated, the Blues won barely 14 points in 15 games, and in the first stage they finished in 13th place, just two units behind the last club Guayaquil City (12).

Eduardo Hurtado, a millionaire, former goalscorer in the 1990s, believes that the Blues have been left without “hierarchical” players due to the changes that have taken place in the team.

“Emelec is left without a top player, he is gone, there is Miler (Bolaños), but he is alone,” said the nickname Tank.

“If we talk about foreigners, who knows these players? How was it known before who was brought in and we said he was coming from that side, now we don’t know, we see the bench (of substitutes) and who do we find?” asked the former gunner in a radio interview. Huancavilca.

Hurtado lamented the departures of players such as Uruguayan Sebastián Rodríguez, Dixon Arroyo, but insisted on his criterion of a lack of hierarchical footballers.

“There is Ortiz (Pedro), Miler, but they are not those players (who debalance) at some point I said that what is missing is that they hit each other and then we eat barbecue,” he said.

“Besides, a lot of money is lost when you lose a game, you can’t get it back. The trainer arrived to clear things up. When Miler plays, there is an animistic injection in the team, but the responsibility must not fall only on him, it belongs to everyone,” Hurtado concluded. (D)