Defeat against Gualaceo in the 2022 preseason, the first warning to Ismael Rescalvo

It was the first loss of the preseason. Against Gualaceo, on Thursday afternoon and evening, Emelec left a feeling that there is still a lot of work to be done. The 1-2 at the George Capwell stadium means the first setback for the electric squad exactly two weeks before the start of the LigaPro Serie A tournament and the first warning to the Spanish Ismael Rescalvo, who for this campaign has eight reinforcements, six of them foreigners .

Losses at home always generate a tidal wave and become warnings. Despite being a test game, criticism appears for the first time since the Bombillo lost the final of the 2021 championship against Independiente del Valle with a global score of 4-2.

They can feed doubts regarding the tactical system and the coach’s line-up, against smaller rivals to whom he gave up a draw, a defeat and only won one trial as a visitor. But this is just beginning.

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The blues received the promoted Gualaceo in their fiefdom on Thursday and played three times. In the first no goals were recorded, in the second the Azuayan team scored through Joaquín Vergés, and in the third part the goal scored by Alejandro Cabeza for the locals was not enough, because Vergés signed the double for the 1-2 of the visitors.

The starting lineup for Bombillo was: Pedro Ortiz; Romario Caicedo, Aníbal Leguizamón, Eddie Guevara, Ángel Gracia, Roberto Garcés, Sebastián Rodríguez, Bryan Carabalí, Jeison Chalá, Alexis Zapata and Mauro Quiroga.

The Spanish Rescalvo team had previously faced a three-time away test against October 9 at the Modelo Alberto Spencer stadium on January 29.

The victory was taken by Emelec with a score of 0-1 thanks to a goal by Bryan Wittle Caicedo in the third fraction.

The initial formation ordered by Rescalvo was: Adrián Bone; Bryan Carabalí, Eddie Guevara, Gustavo Canto, Bruno Pittón, Dixon Arroyo, Sebastián Rodríguez, Jeison Chalá, Alexis Zapata, Mauro Quiroga and Alejandro Cabeza.

The first training match of 2022 was against Orense at the Capwell on January 23. Rescalvo lined up with Adrián Bone, Bryan Carabalí, Aníbal Leguizamón, Gustavo Canto, Ángel Gracia, Dixon Arroyo, José Cevallos, Jeison Chalá, Dixon Vera, Alexis Zapata and Alejandro Cabeza.

The score was 1-1.

Three halves of 40 minutes each were played. There were no goals in the second and third half. The annotations were the work of Leonardo Villagra for Orense and Cabeza for Emelec.

The electricians now have the official friendly match to play against Millonarios de Bogotá, before debuting in the 2022 season of the LigaPro Serie A in a duel against Macará on Friday, February 18. The meeting with the Colombian squad is part of the event called Explosión Azul, whose objective is to present the complete squad to the public, with the new additions, with a view to the new campaign. (D)