Six games to go, a climb to ninth place, and the relief of a victory after 50 days of drought in the LigaPro open up a still hopeful path for Emelec, at least that's what Ismael Rescalvo, the head coach, believes, after the 2-1 victory over Guayaquil City last Sunday.
To this, something favorable - according to Rescalvo - is added, the two weeks of pause due to the national team friendlies. "These two weeks will be important to work. We will wait for what remains of the schedule to give the final push and seek the objective which is to qualify for the playoffs," said the Spanish coach.
"These two weeks will surely be very good for the team to rid themselves of the tension and anxiety they had in recent weeks," he stressed.
- Ismael Rescalvo kicks in desperation
Because, according to Rescalvo, accumulating five consecutive defeats, a campaign very far from Emelec's usual performance, hit the group. "Only we know what we have suffered, no one has any idea of what this team has suffered this week, but we have no choice but to keep working and managing that anxiety well."
"These three points will be very important for the next two weeks. We have to face the match against Liga as an important match, not decisive, but fundamental because if we hadn't won the next game, it would have been useless," he analyzed.
Rescalvo also showed that he still misses the goalscorer Bryan Angulo. "You lose a key player, someone who scored goals, and we are weakened. We need that scoring ability to score goals and win; if we had had the efficiency of today, we would easily have five or six more points." But today Emelec has 30 points, still outside the qualification zone. (D)