La Tri. Marcelo Gallardo’s staff squeezed one more stop into their Guayaquil tour on Tuesday. After Barcelona SC and Emelec, they visited Atlético FC, “a club celebrating its recent promotion to the top flight of Ecuadorian football,” the FEF announced on X.
Atlético FC, the newcomers
“The coaching staff of the senior team continue their agenda of visits in Guayaquil,” the federation wrote, adding that the meeting let them “learn more about [the club’s] project.” It was the staff’s fourth club visit in two days, after Guayaquil City on Monday and Barcelona SC and Emelec earlier on Tuesday. ESPN noted that Gallardo himself was not at the visits.
Atlético FC secured promotion to LigaPro’s Serie A for 2027 by beating Independiente Juniors 1-0 on October 15, with a goal from Fidel Martínez, according to El Universo. The club is run by Guayaquil’s Junta de Beneficencia in partnership with Atlético de Madrid and played as Atlético JBG before taking its current name. Next season it will be Guayaquil’s fourth top-flight club, alongside Barcelona SC, Emelec and Guayaquil City.
As with the earlier visits, the FEF did not name the staff members or link the stop to any player. Gallardo’s squad for the November friendlies against Costa Rica in Quito (November 13) and Bolivia in Guayaquil (November 17) has not been announced.
Mini Tri: “Los históricos”
La Tri posted three photos of members of the La Tri Desarrollo coaching staff on Tuesday night under the caption “Los históricos” (the historic ones). The post did not name them. According to the FEF, the program’s staff includes three former World Cup players: Augusto Poroso and Ángel Fernández as coaches and Cristian Mora as goalkeeper coach. La Tri Desarrollo, the FEF’s program for players born in 2012 and 2013, was back in training at the Casa de la Selección this week.
Futsal: Liga Evolución starts today
Ecuador’s futsal teams open the CONMEBOL Liga Evolución North Zone in Xanxerê, Brazil on Wednesday: the U-20s play Venezuela at 11:30 AM ET and the senior team plays Venezuela at 1:45 PM ET. Both teams then face Colombia on Thursday, Peru on Friday and Brazil on Saturday. All the times are on our Schedule page.
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