Aquiles Álvarez: The trinca exists in football, but not in Barcelona

Aquiles Álvarez denied that in the first squad of Barcelona Sporting Club there was a “trinca” at the end of the season, although the sports vice-president of the Canaries acknowledged that the team led by Fabián Bustos suffered a “soccer downturn” that left him out of the dispute for the national two-time championship this year and threatened to prevent him from qualifying for the Copa Libertadores 2022.

“They are rumors,” said Álvarez on Wednesday on the radio program From day to night. “If some of that had happened (disagreement on campus), I would say so. It has not happened. At the group level, you can ask anyone. Obviously, there is always one or another who believes they have information from within and invent things. But the group, zero problems ”.

Between the middle of last August and the last game of the year, counting from the first leg of the Libertadores quarterfinals against the Brazilian Fluminense (2-2), Barcelona won just 3 of the 16 games it played in all competitions (In addition to the Cup, LigaPro Serie A). He also recorded four draws and nine defeats, two of these in the semifinals of the Conmebol tournament against Flamengo from Rio de Janeiro, after which the crisis of results intensified.

I have not fought with anyone in Barcelona, ​​says Williams Riveros

The cast of Bustos could not reissue their 2020 national title, one of the objectives of the Guayaquil institution this year, and only on the last day of the domestic championship did he ensure his participation in the next Libertadores, from phase 1 (preliminary), as fourth place in Ecuador.

Álvarez added: “The trinca (a small group of friends that can lead a larger group) in soccer exists. But in this team, which has been refining these last two years, there has been no lash. It’s reality”.

The current leadership of Barcelona, ​​headed by Carlos Alfaro Moreno, took office in December 2019 and its administration covers the 2020-2023 four-year period. (D)