Renewing his contract with the Ecuadorian team for the entire next World Cup qualifier at this time would not be a priority for the technical director Gustavo Alfaro, explained the vice president of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF), Carlos Manzur, in an interview with The Round Radio.
“We have not yet spoken with Professor Alfaro about a probable renewal, the issue is not on the table,” Manzur told the Guayaquil station.
According to the second in command of the FEF, Alfaro is focused on qualifying with the National Team for the 2022 Qatar World Cup with two days to go before the end of the South American qualifier.
“He doesn’t want to focus on anything other than qualifying, in any case we have a contract with Alfaro until December of this year,” Manzur said.
With fourteen days to go until the last matches are played in South America for qualification for Qatar-2022, only two teams, Brazil and Argentina, have secured their place in the World Cup and Ecuador is one step away from achieving it.
Located in a comfortable third place with 25 points, the tricolor team could even reach the match with Argentina (March 29) with its direct quota for the World Cup assured if it wins in the previous match with Paraguay in Ciudad del Este (March 24). March).
The intention to renew DT Alfaro’s contract was revealed in February by Manzur himself in statements to the radio program machsports.
Said the vice president of the FEF: “Today we intend to renew Gustavo Alfaro. It is very pleasant to work with him and his coaching staff”.
The 59-year-old Argentine coach, hired in September 2020 for the start of the South American qualifier for Qatar-2022, has a current agreement with the FEF until the end of this tie. If the National Team qualifies for Qatar-2022, the link is automatically extended until the end of the World Cup (Sunday, December 18).
His campaign at the head of the Tri is summed up in seven wins, four draws and five losses, which give him 25 points, with 25 goals for and 15 against, for a goal difference of 10. In addition, he scored wins in official friendlies over Bolivia and Mexico, and a draw against El Salvador.
Under his command, the national team has remained in the direct qualifying zone for much of the World Cup, behind Brazil and Argentina. A tie with Paraguay in Ciudad del Este, on March 24, or with Albiceleste, on the 29th in Guayaquil, certify the Ecuadorians’ ticket to Qatar.
To achieve the goal, just It remains for these last two dates of the calendar to elapse so that Ecuador is not only in the playoffs, but also has a direct ticket to the FIFA World Cup, even without getting a single more point, this due to its average goal (+ 10), a situation that could most likely be clarified on matchday 17. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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