Ecuador will be ‘a world football power’ - Francisco Egas, president of the Ecuadorian Football Federation, was moved last Tuesday night, during the presentation of Jordi Cruyff as the new coach of the National Team. The manager implied that the arrival of the Dutchman will make Ecuador a "world soccer power".
“We are not only looking for a senior team coach. We are looking for a project, we are looking for the leaders of a process that will turn us into a world football power, ”said Egas, in a declamatory tone, about the hiring of Cruyff, the DT that accepted the offer of the FEF after eight strategists They will refuse to lead the Tricolor.
Francisco Egas Ecuador Football Federation President
Egas explained the reason for signing Cruyff: “We have sought to complete our coaching staff with someone (the Dutch) who understands and shares the vision of an energetic and dynamic football, who professes discipline values on and off the court. We are changing the FEF today (Tuesday) to have the football we want tomorrow. ” (D)
Palmeiras is passed to the synthetic grass
Verdao will be the second Brazilian team to implement artificial grass in its stadium. The work will be finished for the team's debut at the Libertadores 2020, where it shares a group with Tigre.
Palmeiras will be the second team of the Brazilian First Division that will have a stadium with synthetic grass. The first had been Athletico Paranaense, with an artificial floor since 2014. On Monday, Verdao began work to replace the natural grass of the Allianz Parque and they estimate finishing the work for the debut in the Copa Libertadores 2020.
In addition to the main one, Palmeiras will also change the floor of its three courts of the training center where the Vanderlei Luxembourg team practices. Gram replacement works on auxiliary courts were started last December, but those of the Allianz Park began on Monday, after the team traveled to the United States for a friendly tournament.
The managers of Verdao estimate to have the work completed by mid-February, so they intend to make its premiere on the sixth date of the Paulista Championship, when Palmeiras receives at the renovated Allianz Parque a Mirasol.
The synthetic turf, certified by FIFA, has a height of 5 centimeters. Néstor Gorosito, DT de Tigre, must take note as Matador shares Group B of the next Libertadores with Palmeiras and must travel to San Pablo on May 6 to contest the last day of the first phase.
More than 100 millimeters in less than an hour flooded San Genaro
A strong storm broke out yesterday over the city of San Genaro, about one hundred kilometers from Rosario, after 100 millimeters of water fell in less than an hour.
A strong storm broke out yesterday over the city of San Genaro, about one hundred kilometers from Rosario, after 100 millimeters of water fell in less than an hour. The rain left families with water inside their homes and dozens of streets cut, although no evacuations had been reported until yesterday.
The storm, which had been announced by the National Meteorological Service (SMN) for the entire provincial south, broke out at noon and in just a few minutes several neighborhoods were flooded.
From Volunteer Firefighters they worked together with the Municipality to help many families who saw how water entered their homes, so they enabled emergency lines.
A storm of similar characteristics had been unleashed in the city located in the department of San Jerónimo, 99 kilometers from Rosario, on February 23, 2019. And days before, on December 14, 2018, a strong storm had also occurred. That flooded the city.
The SMN alert for strong storms also applied to the northwest, center and southeast of the province of Buenos Aires, northwest, south and center of Córdoba, north and center of La Pampa, east and center of Mendoza and San Luis.
Yesterday, meanwhile, and in the midst of the heat wave that hit the region, the National Meteorological Service renewed the alert for strong storms, with possible hail, significant electrical activity and intense wind gusts, in the south of the Santa Fe province. It was requested to take precautions before the impending storm.
The coverage area also includes the northwest, center and southeast of the province of Buenos Aires, northwest, south and center of Córdoba, north and center of La Pampa, east and center of Mendoza and San Luis.