Ecuadorean national team coach Gustavo AlfaroSpeak exclusively with ESPN F10 About the preparation for the Qatar World Cup 2022 and the qualifiers and his presence in the trio.
“A good World Cup for Ecuador is to beat their best historical performance, the Round of 16. But I will go to the limit”the Argentine DT confirmed and added: “The hardest part is the group stage, is a great filter. Then there are 90 minutes where you define the details of the game.”
As Alvaro emphasized, The World Cup squad will include 26 playersOf which Already “20 Believers”, in his words. He also said that the five changes to the tournament would be preserved.
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The Ecuadorean national team coach indicated on ESPN F10 what his team’s participation in Qatar 2022 will look like.
Regarding the group’s competitors, he highlighted the importance of the first match against Qatar: “In the group stage you can make mistakes, you can lose a match and recover, and in other cases there is no margin for error. The important thing happens in the first match, a lot depends on that.”
The Tri coach also praised the team’s impressive campaign as a visitor in the playoffs. “I told the players that with the points that were achieved at home, I would not reach it. We had to transform ourselves as a team to play against anywhere in any circumstance. It was our best away game against Chile, it was won from start to finish.”
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