“The debt with Ecuador dates from before the World Cup, when I began to realize that the leaders of the Federation wanted me to leave, because neither my coaching staff nor I received the salaries of the four months prior to the World Cup in Qatar”confided to TyC Sports Alfaro, who turned 61 on Monday the 14th of this month.
“It was seen coming that they were not going to renew us no matter how we went in Qatar, because a bonus was also paid to the players that corresponded to us equally, and they never gave us anything. That is why we are going to resort to TAS to make the corresponding claim, and we will do it more out of a matter of respect than money”defined.
Subsequently, the Rafael revealed that he was “very close to leading Saudi Arabia. I joined a squad with the Italian Roberto Mancini (he was finally chosen after suddenly resigning from his country’s team), a Spanish coach and another German, and I was left out for very little. The truth is that I wanted to take that job to try to return to a World Cup”.
“It’s just that the World Cup setting is unmatched. It was the only tournament in my life that I enjoyed from start to finish. Being in a World Cup is a master’s degree for any coach”he assured.
“And the Sunday before Carlos Tevez was chosen to direct Independiente, its president, Néstor Grindetti, called me to take charge of the team, but I was still with that Arabia thing and the times of one and the other were different. But I thanked him , because it is a source of pride that such a big club pays attention to one”, he pointed. His relationship with the “Apache” in Boca never found the best harmony between the two.
On the other hand, in the Ribera club he did maintain a good relationship with Alexis MacAllister, of whom he said that he is “a different player from an intellectual point of view”.
“Some time ago I was in Brighton, when he was still playing there (now he is in Liverpool), and I noticed the differences regarding the training infrastructure compared to Argentina”he commented.
“For example, they use a golf exercise, the trap swing, to improve the precision in the hit, marking the height at which a ball must go in a corner, or in a free kick, for which you have to hit the ball in a certain way. And after practices they check the level of efficiency of each player. They also yell at them or make noise at the moment of performing an execution, to increase the level of efficiency concentration”, Alfaro counted.
Finally “Lettuce” said that he wants to “direct again, because there is a work team behind that needs to do it”, and he is responsible for all of them. Although from what it seems, the place where he will do it will not be precisely in Argentine football. Gustavo Alfaro had a good step as coach of Ecuador, with whom he played in the World Cup in Qatar, but he publicly denounced today that he will resort to the TAS because he was left owing four months of salaries, while revealing that he had been “very close to directing the selected of Saudi Arabia” and that he rejected “an offer from Independent”.
“The debt with Ecuador dates from before the World Cup, when I began to realize that the leaders of the Federation wanted me to leave, because neither my coaching staff nor I received the salaries of the four months prior to the World Cup in Qatar”confided to TyC Sports Alfaro, who turned 61 on Monday the 14th of this month.
“It was seen coming that they were not going to renew us no matter how we went in Qatar, because a bonus was also paid to the players that corresponded to us equally, and they never gave us anything. That is why we are going to resort to TAS to make the corresponding claim, and we will do it more out of a matter of respect than money”defined.
Subsequently, the Rafael revealed that he was “very close to leading Saudi Arabia. I joined a squad with the Italian Roberto Mancini (he was finally chosen after suddenly resigning from his country’s team), a Spanish coach and another German, and I was left out for very little. The truth is that I wanted to take that job to try to return to a World Cup”.
“It’s just that the World Cup setting is unmatched. It was the only tournament in my life that I enjoyed from start to finish. Being in a World Cup is a master’s degree for any coach,” he said.
“And the Sunday before Carlos Tevez was chosen to lead Independiente, its president, Néstor Grindetti, called me to take charge of the team, but I was still with that Arabia thing and the times of one and the other were different. But I thanked him , because it is a source of pride that such a big club pays attention to one”, he pointed out. His relationship with the “Apache” in Boca never found the best harmony between the two.
On the other hand, at the Ribera club, he did maintain a good relationship with Alexis Mac Allister, of whom he said that he is “a different player from an intellectual point of view”.
“Some time ago I was in Brighton, when he was still playing there (now he is in Liverpool), and I noticed the differences regarding the training infrastructure compared to Argentina,” he commented.
“For example, they use a golf exercise, the trap swing, to improve the precision in the hit, marking the height at which a ball must go in a corner, or in a free kick, for which you have to hit the ball in a certain way. And after practices they verify the level of efficiency of each player. They also yell at them or make noise at the moment of performing an execution, to increase the level of concentration,” Alfaro said.
Finally “Lettuce” said that he wants to “direct again, because there is a work team behind that needs to do it”, and he is responsible for all of them. Although from what it seems, the place where he will do it will not be precisely in Argentine football.
Source: Ambito
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