Gustavo Alfaro: “Qatar is favorite because it has been preparing for 12 years”

Ecuador’s Argentine coach, Gustavo Alfaro, referred to his first opponent hours before the debut in the 2022 World Cup. The Ecuadorian National Team will play the first match of Group A against Qatar, tomorrow at 13 hours in Argentina, after the opening ceremony.
“Qatar are the favourites because they have been preparing for this match for 12 years. An orderly and well-prepared team can complicate anyone.”

“It is not a minor fact that Qatar is the champion of Asia. We have had three days to prepare the game and I am satisfied with the work,” revealed the former coach of Boca.And added: “We both have attributes and arguments to try to win the game. Hopefully tomorrow we will see the best version of the two so that the match lives up to the expectation.” In addition, he referred to the absence of Byron Castillo among the 26 summoned: “Byron would have to be here, but I also respect that the Federation has made this decision. There are many doubts, Ecuador was always right and Byron had two trials. We did not summon him when the trial was open, but after two sentences that said that Byron was Ecuadorian, there we summoned him, “he lamented about the player, who was accused by Chile of being Colombian. After Qatar, Ecuador will have to face the Netherlands – the favorite of the group – and then Senegal, a priori, the great rival for second place.

Original source in Spanish