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Is Suarez TRYING to Drive Me Crazy?

June 2nd, 2006 | By: Trent | 10 Comments »

Tinkering and waffling is no way to soothe fans’ nerves. Look–I like Ecuador coach Luis Suarez. I think he’s a good guy and a good coach. But lately, it’s as if he going out of his way to make me nervous.

And yes, I DO think the world revolves around me.

Not really. But I am slightly worried at the pre-Cup preparations and friendlies Suarez has scheduled. Today, Ecuador played a select team of German college players, and won 4-3. Clearly, this was an experimental game that Suarez was using for reasons other than winning. I get that.

Nevertheless, the unwillingness to name a starting XI seems a little weird. I concede that it may be Suarez’ way of throwing of his Group A opponents. But when half of the team’s goals today were scored by a promising young player who’s not even on the roster, you can understand my trepidation.

Regarding today’s scrimmage, Suarez said that defensive mistakes troubled him again, as they did against Macedonia. But by not starting several defensive mainstays, this seems an expected outcome. Suarez also noted that he was worried about the progress of Agustin Delgado’s perma-inury. Who knows what his status is.

Truth be told, I think there’s a 50-50 chance Suarez is just messing around, and that he knows what he’s doing. Am I right? Or am I crazy?

Update: A photo from that practice match:

Tags: Agustin Delgado, Ecuador, El Tin, Felipe Caicedo, friendly, Luis Suarez

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Comments

By Ed | June 2nd, 2006 at 8:01 pm

Ecuador’s strength lays on its team structure. I think you’re right trend, he does not want his opponents to figure out how he’s going to play. I know this team very well and I still don’t know what he has in mind, so for the other teams it must be necessarily harder to figure that out.

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By Ecuador4life | June 2nd, 2006 at 10:26 pm

I’m officially scared and that’s not good. I think you need to have a couple games of preseason (much like American Football) for the players to mesh. You can’t throw them all in against Poland and think they will mesh miracoulously. My yellow flag is officially up. I sure hope Suarez knows what he is doing.

trying to keep the faith,

E4L

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By FRZ | June 3rd, 2006 at 11:24 am

What makes me nervous is that Delgado hasn’t played in the friendlies. More than trying to throw opponents-off, I think it is a reflection of his injury. The opening match of the World Cup is certainly not the time to find out how the starting eleven will perform together.

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By edward denniston | June 3rd, 2006 at 11:38 am

Question: Where is there a good place - cafe, bar - in Quito for an Irishman to go and watch Ecuador play

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By edward denniston | June 3rd, 2006 at 11:38 am

Question: Where is there a good place - cafe, bar - in Quito for an Irishman to go and watch Ecuador play?

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By Trent | June 3rd, 2006 at 11:54 am

Hi Edward. I’m sure many of our reders can tell you better than I can which places will be showing the matches (my guess is most or all of them), but you can see an English guied to some bars and nightspots here: http://www.ecuadorexplorer.com/html/nightlife.html

and here: http://www.thebestofecuador.com/qentertain.htm

Have fun, and good luck!

By Harold | June 3rd, 2006 at 3:40 pm

Edward, check out the Reina Victoria Pub located at Reina Victoria 530 y Roca
Tel: 593-2-222-6369

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By Antonio | June 3rd, 2006 at 6:54 pm

Edward, for any matches, specially England matches check out this bar:

Turtle’s Head
La Niña 626 y Amazonas
Tel: 593-2-256-5544

For Ecuador games just go to La Mariscal, especially La plaza Fosch and let the crowd lead you. Every single bar should be packed and with a great atmosphere. You are going to have a fantastic time!

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By Robbie | June 4th, 2006 at 8:43 am

I guess im not the only irish ecuador supporter out there. im probably the only one with an ecuador shirt and no ireland shirt though!!!

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By Trent | June 4th, 2006 at 8:54 am

Looks like! It’s cool how you can find fans of just about every team just about anywhere.

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