Can it still be said and believed that things are getting better? By not qualifying for the 2023 Copa Sudamericana quarter-finals, Emelec’s coffers will miss out on $600,000, the prize awarded by Conmebol to the teams that advance to the competition’s top-eight stage.

“The revenge of Dixon Arroyo, the footballer who decided to believe: he was expelled from Emelec and today he plays with Lionel Messi”, the Argentine press points out

With a swing — as they say in Major League Baseball when a ninth-inning team leaves an opponent winless — a discreet Defensa y Justicia dispatched Emelec in the round robin. Argentina’s victory at the Capwell stadium – where no one respects the host this season – and an electric drop in the visit. In a pattern of mediocrity that lasted 180 minutes, side to side, 3-1 aggregate against the doomed Emelec: he was left out of the South American.

The challenge Emelec now faces after being eliminated by the South American

Coach Hernán Torres – who left out Édgar Lastre, Bryan Carabali and John Jair Sánchez from the first team as punishment for indiscipline – used several words and phrases in the press conference that did not fit Emelec’s performance in front of Obran and Pravda. “Hierarchy”, “great job”, “generated football”, “proven football”. However, despite the friendly expressions on the Colombian’s face, defensive errors, an inability to score goals and a midfield that does not trust and is lazy in marking, result in a terrible mix in 2023. These shortcomings have led to a shift in the two commitments.

“Emelec was not seen that much”, another reason why Sebastián Rodríguez left the electric companies and returned to Uruguay

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The Kava coach also noted this: “I think that the president, the Board of Directors, the players and the professional staff are united in the fight and the achievement of the goals we have set for ourselves.” What are the goals? Save the LigaPro Championship category for now.

The numbers do not stop condemning Emelec in the current campaign. In the first stage of the national competition, he set several sad records that affected his brilliant history. They lost four times in the first six days: then it was the worst start to the millionaire championship so far in the new millennium.

Then, as the matches went on, 2023 became, on match day number twelve, the worst start to an Ecuadorian tournament in Emelec’s history, with just two wins. Even when it fell in 1980, the number of Emelecists was not so unfortunate in the first round

31.25% of points in the Pro League

The Pro League has been a pain for the shipyard this year. In 1983, he had, as he suffered in 2023, a streak of nine games in a row without a win. Although 40 years ago it was not at the beginning, but in the second phase, between dates five and thirteen (they lost five times and drew four).

Now, between the start of the second round of the domestic competition (with a contested day), the series of playoffs is heading to the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana, and participating in the said instance, Emelec adds five games of which it won only one (plus two defeats and several draws).

In this way, the catastrophic statistics do not stop. In the combined standings of the Pro League, the Blues are second to last with 15 points in 16 games (from 48 units they saved only 31.25%. Very poor performance). Emelec dangerously escapes by one or two points from the teams that are in the relegation zone to Serie B: Libertad (14) and Guayaquil City (13).

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In short, so far this year, Emelec has played 27 official matches (16 in the Pro League and 11 in the Copa Sudamericana, including preliminary rounds, groups, playoffs and round of 16) with a small number of matches won: only seven (or 25.93% of matches).

Unfortunately, there are eight poor strangers. Also the returning fiasco, Bryan Angulo. To his failures in Mexico and Brazil Coward he adds another one upon his return to the country. With the exception of Pedro Ortiz, the famous goalkeeper, and Miller Bolaños – although he is constantly absent due to injuries -, Emelec today has a formidable legion of footballers, domestic and foreign. To give you an idea of ​​the general low quality, in the versions of the triple champion in 2013, 2014, 2015, and in the team that won the double title in 1993 and 1994, many would be third substitutes.

Where, for example, would the limited Aníbal Leguizamón and Caín Fara fit into an outstanding defense consisting of Dannes Coronel, Máximo Tenorio, Iván Hurtado and Luis Capurro? If the unproductive Alejandro Cabeza, Diego Devil García or John Jairo Sánchez in Gustavo Quinteros’ Emelec? The “goal” mentioned by Hernán Torres will be, with a meager composition in the top division, avoiding relegation as a priority. (D)