The Argentine coach Gustavo Alfarowho directed the selection of Ecuador in it Qatar World Cup 2022said goodbye to La Tri this Sunday with an emotional letter in which he expressed his imprint as a motivator, praised his managers and wished success to whoever succeeds him.
“I wish the coach who succeeds me a lot of success, he will find an incredible human group. With the philosophy of stoic warriors that when they went to war they could return in two ways: with the shield, or under the shield. They could lose the spear, but never the shield”, indicated the strategist.
He recalled the World Cup performance of Ecuador and he said he understood that “it lasted less than what we wanted and deserved.” For this reason, he asked the players “not to lose sight of the fact that they were the third youngest team to play in the world Cup“, after Spain Y Ghana.
And it is that Alfaro was played, since it came to Ecuador, by players who had barely debuted in professional football, whom he consolidated until reaching Qatarwhere they made their debut with a 0-2 win in the opening match against the host team, although they could not get past the group stage.
Most of the letter Alfaro It is aimed at the players and in it he reviews his experience in front of the Tri: “It is to talk about beautiful things. Those were the ones we have lived through these more than two years,” he said.
“I owe everything to them (the players), they were and are the true architects. How beautiful it was to work with you! As I told you on more than one occasion, you brought out my best version, made it a round trip back. When I was with you I felt like I was in the best place I could be,” he said.
Alfaro He assured that after 30 years as a coach, he can say with absolute certainty that he fully enjoyed this process, without worrying about what tomorrow would bring, and he hoped that hopefully that flame that was lit would not go out, but would feed and grow.
He also thanked the directors of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) for having given him this opportunity together with his coaching staff “in institutionally difficult times, with an uncertain future and little hope”.
The strategist affirmed that a part of his heart will remain in Ecuador with the players and with the people: “With those on foot”.
Alfaro assumed the technical direction of Ecuador in the midst of a crisis in the Federation, with few players who at that time were reluctant to return to the national team as a result of the internal struggle of the organization
“In football, the processes that one feels were good also help us to reaffirm our convictions. These convictions are what prepare us to let go and leave behind, looking for a new challenge. I also feel that I’m leaving better than I arrived That drives me to design new dreams,” he added in the letter.
The EFFcommanded by Francisco Egasaspires to define in the next few days the name of the new national coach, with a view to the next qualifying rounds for the World Cup 2026.
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