Gustavo Alfaroselector of Ecuadorconsidering the opening victory against the Qatar World Cup against the host (0-2), but considering that they must improve in the following duels against Netherlands Y Senegal.
“It’s a good victory because the first game of the World Cup is the one with the most tension. You don’t have an exact version of the team’s performance. We only have four days to prepare the team and the opponent is very strict. movements. And besides, we are a young team and that is in the heads of the players”, he said.
The coach assured that the victory was “indecisive” and considered that his team must improve their goal-scoring efficiency if they are to achieve their goal of passing the group stage for the second time in their history.
“With what we did today and with what we did in the South American qualifying phase, it was not enough for us. Here is the best and the recovery time is short,” said the coach, pointing out that they working on scoring efficiency.
“We have little taste left. We still lack, the ability to solve when you counterattack. We are going to need it against the Netherlands and Senegal (…) Against the Netherlands we are going to have two attacks and we must take advantage to them. If we want to have pretension we have to improve a lot,” he said.
Alfaro assured that the squad has the will to improve, although with another victory he knows he is on to the next stage. “The important thing is to win, but based on the forms and they are what we want. But I’m not satisfied, we did part of the homework,” he said.
“We are very excited, we can go as far as our hearts push us,” he added.
Regarding leaving due to injury Enner Valenciaauthor of two winning goals and Ecuador’s all-time top scorer, Valencia is convinced he can feature in Tri’s next match.
“Enner is the historical scorer, he was asked and for me he is a great player. Always give it to me in my team. That he found the goal is important (…) Enner will be against the Netherlands, you don’t take it out Even if there’s fire,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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