On September 7, the Ecuadorian team will begin its journey towards the 2026 World Cup against Argentina, at the opening of the South American qualifying round.

The friendly matches that the national team had in recent months helped the Spaniard Félix Sánchez Bas to have a base of footballers with whom he will perform in the tournament.

One position that always gets special attention in this tournament is that of goalkeeper. The Iberian coach invited Alexander Domínguez, Moisés Ramírez and Hernán Galíndez who were in Qatar 2022, and the latter was the starter on that occasion.

However, Argentinian-Ecuadorian Javier Klimowicz, former goalkeeper of Emelec and the national team, believes that if Javier Burrai from Barcelona receives a letter of naturalization, he should be invited and even be a starter in the national team. goal..

Ten years ago there were a few nationalized players, and now there are many, and there is still one who should be a starter for me, Javier Burrai, said the former goalkeeper.

“Burrai is nationalized and should be the owner, for everything it creates. He is a player who provides greater security and is a trustworthy goalkeeper,” he added in a conversation with mark 90.

The current Barcelona goalkeeper announced at the end of 2022 that the process of nationalization has already begun and that he expects it to be completed in the middle of the current season.

“I understand that in December the process changed and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs started doing this in the regular procedure. We are waiting for the paperwork to progress and for him to leave in the middle of the year, when it would have been only five years (from the arrival in Ecuador),” Burrai pointed out last April. (D)