2024-05-01 19:27:05
The Bullfighters had complained about the small number of summonses they had. Félix Sánchez called three of his footballers.
Félix Sánchez Bas’s call-up for La Tri’s friendlies against Guatemala (3/21) and Italy (3/24) was announced this Thursday. There were several new developments, including: the presence of Allen Obando, a 17-year-old forward from Barcelona who will be part of the Senior National Team for the first time.
Obando along with Aníbal Chalá and Javier Burrai as the Ídolo players who were summoned to La Tri. In this way, Barcelona became the team with the highest number of mentions with three. Los Toreros beat Liga de Quito and Independiente del Valle, who have two players on the list.
From Barcelona they had complained on several occasions about the lack of club players in La Tri. «Let’s see if they look at us a little more. That topic has me quite angry. We would like the fan to open more and for them to see us a little more«, Carlos Alfaro Moreno, former president of Idol, had declared when he presided over the Toreros in 2023.
Antonio Álvarez, current president of BSC, had also complained about the lack of Idol candidates in the different categories of La Tri. Now, the Bullfighters have three summoned to the Senior National Team, with Burrai, Chalá and Obando as their representatives.
The difference from previous years is that Barcelona has players of a level to be mentioned such as Burrai and Chalá. For his part, Obando is one of the great Ecuadorian promises, and given the lack of forwards for this call, Sánchez Bas made the decision to give him a chance despite his young age.
The Ídolo del Astillero players will look for the opportunity to have minutes in the friendlies against Guatemala and Italy. Chalá already debuted with La Tri in 2018, while Obando and Burrai have not had matches with the National Team. The BSC goalkeeper was already called up in November, but did not play.
Javier Burrai, with the Ecuador National Team diver, in training. (@LaTri).
Will La Tri have to change the shirt for the Copa América?
FIFA points out that “the front area and the back area of the shirt will have the same predominant color. The two sleeves will be of the same color or colors, and these will not reduce the primary visual impression of the predominant color of the front and back of the shirt. This leaves the new La Tri shirt in limbo, since it has another predominant color on the back.
A possible impediment to the shirt began to be a strong rumor, so the president of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF), Francisco Egas, took it upon himself to speak on the subject. The top leader of the FEF put a cold shoulder to the situation and showed his support for the manufacturer.
the La Tri shirt for the Copa América. (@LaTri)
«Marathon is in charge of approving the uniforms, in charge of any modifications that have to be made. So the nerves about whether the blue back and the yellow front are okay, whether it is going to be approved or not, are nerves that are not founded,” Egas began at a press conference.
«We are sure that our shirts will be approved, but that in a timely manner, if any modification is necessary, they will do it diligently. It is for a single tournament, therefore, that caused the designs to be a little different, to be somewhat more aggressive, different, versus the t-shirts that are used for a long time, that is, for cycles of years like playoffs,” added the president. of the FEF.
By: Diario OLÈ