The Blue Explosion, the traditional Club Sport Emelec party to present its team for the 2022 season, in which it will seek to stand out from the group stage of the Copa Libertadores, as the current national vice-champion, and fight for the national championship trophy of the Pro League.
The new hires
There are eight new signings made by the blue directive, led by businessman Nassib Neme. The tricolors Eddie Guevara (defense), Roberto Garcés (midfielder), Kevin Rivera (midfielder) and Marcos Caicedo (attacker) were hired; and the Argentinians Gustavo Canto (central defender), Bruno Pittón (left back) and Mauro Quiroga (forward).
Friendly against Millionaires of Colombia
Channels to watch live
- GolTV and Star Plus (streaming platform)
Hours to watch live
- 5:00 p.m. Tijuana, Los Angeles
- 19:00 Mexico City, Chicago and Houston
- 20:00 Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, New York and New Jersey
- 21:00 Venezuela and Bolivia
- 22:00 Chile, Argentina, Brasilia, Paraguay and Uruguay
- 01:00 on Thursday in England and Portugal
- 02:00 on Thursday in France, Spain, Italy, Germany
- 04:00 Thursday in Moscow
They will play with the new armor
The all-star squad will debut their new Adidas apparel for the 2022 season, both main and alternate, which was officially unveiled tonight.
“With the new Adidas main shirt, Emelec returns to its base colors that are blue and lead, although with the band arranged in another way with the style of an electric lightning that represents us, this was co-created with Adidas,” he detailed this Monday. Ivonne Tufiño, Emelec Marketing Manager.
With this new uniform, the blue team will participate in the LigaPro Serie A, Copa Ecuador and Copa Libertadores. Tufiño also described that “the fabric is carved, it has a granular gradient that can also be seen in our graphic line.”
The BET593 logo appears on the front of the shirt, which is the main sponsor of the blues for this season; and a new brand, Rica Palma, is added to the shorts.
Adidas Aero Ready technology, as well as the primegreen textile (environmentally friendly) characterize the new clothing. The numbers are a creation of the graphic director of the club, José Miguel Pérez; and the beam is maintained with the shield.
The value of the shirt is $ 75.90 and from this Monday it will be on sale in Adidas chains.
National COE denied public for the party
Last Monday, the Emergency Operations Committee (national COE) reported, through a statement, that Emelec will not be authorized the entry of the fans to the event.
In the letter from the government entity, it is detailed that “the recommendations set forth in the coordination meeting prior to the Emelec vs. Independiente del Valle”, in the final second leg of the LigaPro Serie A 2021 tournament, played at the Capwell, among other “background”, that control body accepted the recommendation of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) “so that it develop without an audience” the Blue Explosion.
In this sense, the national COE urges the National Risk and Emergency Management Service, “in accordance with the provisions of articles 6 and 7 of the Organic Law on the Prevention and Punishment of Violence in Sport”, to classify the event Blue Explosion “as HIGH Risk, as long as there is no security, prevention and risk management plan that guarantees effective capacity control and biosecurity measures.” This despite the fact that the epidemiological situation of the Guayaquil canton “has improved” regarding the wave of COVID-19 cases between last December and January.
Electrical directory will seek approval for fan assistance
On behalf of Emelec, Marcelo Alvear spoke on Monday night regarding the latest provision of the national COE, which did not give him permission from the blue club to hold sporting events with the public in his fort
“I found out at the end of the afternoon about it. Tomorrow (yesterday) we will be meeting to see what we can achieve. The idea is that, obviously, there will be an audience at the match, an important friendly with Millonarios, from Colombia, to which we have invited”, said Alvear.
The leader clarified that the resolution of the national COE does not affect the entry to the stadium of partners and owners of suites and boxes. “They have entrance without any problem,” he pointed out.
Alvear was approached by a journalist who attended the launch of the official jersey for this season on Monday night, in an act that took place at Blu Rooftop, on the roof of one of the Capwell stadium towers.
Alvear responded as president in charge of the blue institution.
“We are going to try to get the COE to accept us 50% capacity so that fans who already have their tickets purchased can attend. Lawyers are already aware and are going to see what they can achieve. Nassib (Neme), our president, will be arriving tomorrow (today), so he will return to this issue and we will see what measures are taken to achieve the objective, “added the leader, asked by Diario EL UNIVERSO. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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