Adonis Preciado: Javier Burrai, from Barcelona SC, is already Ecuadorian and some are very brave

Javier Burrai, goalkeeper of Barcelona Sporting Club, is already Ecuadorian and ready to be considered by Félix Sánchez Bas, the Spanish coach of the Ecuadorian national team, for the October round of South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

Burrai, born October 9, 1990 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, received his naturalization letter last Thursday afternoon at the ECU911 facilities, located at the entrance of Av. Samborondon.

Official: Javier Burrai, goalkeeper of Barcelona SC, received a letter of naturalization as an Ecuadorian

And in the midst of the yellow fans’ euphoria, midfielder Adonis Preciado announced live on his Instagram profile and declared: “Burrai is already Ecuadorian and some are very angry, I’d better not talk.”

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“He deserves it. Guys (to your Instagram followers), you know you deserve it. Some are really mad that their mouths go from here to San Lorenzo, but what can you do,” he continued in an interaction with his followers.

“I won’t talk anymore, because then they get angry. Very brave infiltrators will come out of here (from the live broadcast), he concluded.

Burrai arrived in Ecuador in mid-2018 to defend Macara’s goal and in 17 months became one of its leaders. He appeared in 55 matches and kept a clean sheet in 18 duels; In total, he conceded 50 goals in 4897 minutes on the field.

His performance in the national tournament allowed Carlos Alfaro Moreno, who took over as president of Barcelona in December 2019, to hire him to complement his sporting project.

In his first season (2020) with the Toreadors, which was interrupted by the quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Burrai excelled in the early stages of the Copa Libertadores, but in the stage 3 match against Cerro Porteño, which his club beat 4-0 in Asunción, he collided with striker Jorge Benítez, which broke part of his face.

Also in October of that year, his father died, but that emotional blow did not affect his performance and he managed to be a pillar for the Canarian to reach the final of the Pro League, in which he excelled by saving two shots in stoppage time. .. (3-1 in favor of Guayaquileños, then tied at 1 on aggregate) so that his team returns to the Olympic Games at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado Stadium for the first time in its history.

In 2021, the goalkeeper was key to reaching the semifinals of the Libertadores, where they lost to Flamengo of Brazil (final score 4-0).

With the Toreadors, the goalkeeper collected 143 official matches, and scored a goal in 55 matches without defeat. They scored 133 goals in 12,793 minutes on the field.

Now Barcelona fans are hoping coach Sánchez Bas will call him up for the qualifiers against Bolivia in La Paz and Colombia in Quito on October 12 and 17 respectively. (D)

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