Analysis: What is Emelec missing by 2022?

In 2021, Emelec was left at the gates of the LigaPro Serie A title by losing in the final (aggregate 4-2) against Independiente del Valle, resigned from being a national champion without definition by not being able to reissue the victory in the second round of the first, he said goodbye to the South American Cup in the group stage because of an unexpected defeat and suffered in Guayaquil against the Argentine Talleres (1-4), it was not the team that received the fewest goals in the domestic tournament nor did it have a battering ram some among the top five gunners of the season. What should the millionaire club improve by 2022?

“Emelec has slow players, needs fast men”. That is the shared criteria of Otto Morcillo and Urlín Cangá, technical professionals in football and previously linked to electrical equipment.

To date, in the absence of announcing two signings, the Guayaquil cast has been reinforced by the Ecuadorians Eddie Guevara (defense), Roberto Garcés (midfielder), Kevin Rivera (midfielder) and Marcos Caicedo (attacker), and the Argentines Gustavo Canto (defender) and Mauro Quiroga (center forward). As main names, meanwhile, he let go of defender Luca Sosa, Uruguayan striker Facundo Barceló and midfielders Jefferson Orejuela and Lassane Bangoura, from Guinea.

“Guevara seems like a good defender to me. It seems fast, from what I’ve seen. Regarding foreigners, we must mention a problem that Ecuador has, one that is solved with fast players in the background. In the country, the forwards are not so technical, but they are fast. They must be countered with fast defenders”, Said in dialogue with EL UNIVERSO Morcillo, technical director formed by Dusan Draskovic at the time he was in charge of the National Team (1988-1993).

The Emerald professional continued: “Last year, Emelec resigned from being champion. He did it in the first stage when he renewed the contract for Bangoura (March) and kept it for Vega (Leandro, an Argentine central defender who was no longer taken into account). He did not want to use the quotas of foreigners, he was sure that it would reach him and it did not reach him. If Emelec does not strengthen itself, it will not have a happy year ”.

According to Morcillo, the Spanish Ismael Rescalvo, strategist of the millionaires, “is defending his position” by not “demanding” reinforcements of greater weight: “He is not fighting for Emelec or the fans. He trusts five or six (footballers). When he had problems due to expulsions, he even put a forward defender (Marlon Mejía, in the definition against Independiente), sacrificing players who analyzed the games well. It was shown that Emelec is going to suffer if it doesn’t have fast players at the bottom ”.

For his part, Cangá, physical ex-preparer of the Tricolor and champion of Ecuador as a player with the Blues in 1988, considered in contact with this newspaper that the Rescalvo team the previous season “he had a defense that was too slow and a midfield without forcefulness”.

“I think it is going through a fundamental problem. Last year, Emelec did not repeat the same line-up twice, which could be due to the manager’s insecurity. That left a lot to be desired. The first months of the season, teams falter, but then they can take hold. You can see the technician’s hand there, ”said the 62-year-old former defender.

Emelec, who became Ecuador’s monarch for the last time in 2017, will play the Copa Libertadores in 2022, in addition to the domestic competition.

Rescalvo took over the millionaire roster in April 2019. His contract, renewed in August 2021, is until December 2023. (D)