Independent of the Valley has become for some time now one of the large ‘fishing grounds’ of ‘planet football’. From their ranks have emerged Moisés Caicedo, Willian Pacho, Piero Hincapie, Joel Ordóñez, Kendry Páez, Gonzalo Plata, Angelo Preciado…
On Saturday, in Budapest, they will summit. For the first time, two Ecuadorians (Hincapie and Pacho) will face each other in a Champions League final. A milestone that takes the seal of Miguel Ángel Ramírez (MAR). “I come to Valley Independent as youth football director. Hincapie (2001) played left back with the sub 16 y There (2002) it was him central of the sub 18“remembers MARK.
Piero Hincapie celebrates a goal with Arsenal.
“Hincapie was one step ahead. He was very technically gifted, he understood the game well and had enormous physical ability: His GPS data was superior to that of any player in the first team.. There, instead, had grown a lot in a short time and I didn’t have the coordinative skills so developed,” clarifies the former coach of the Malmö.
Hincapie was one step ahead. His GPS data was superior to that of any player in the first team.
He ‘ascend’ of Miguel Angel Ramirez a coach of Valley Independent coincided with an important change for Hincapie: “He makes his debut and gets the taste of being a left center back. It was clear that he was not a lateral. Paradoxically, he has won the Premier League and reached the Champions League final playing as a ‘3’, but he has the defensive and offensive tools to play at the highest level in both positions.”
“The stages of development of each player are different and Pacho had a later maturation. However, as the difficulty became greater, “He settled down… until he arrived at PSG.”he points out.
Pacho had a later maturation, but, as the difficulty grew, he settled in… until he arrived at PSG
An exponential evolution, after passing through Antwerp and Eintracht, that surprised himself Miguel Ángel Ramírez:“I didn’t expect it. I talked to him about it and we laughed together. On a mental level he has made a big leap. In the beginning he got nervous. Now, however, Impressive how it handles itself in highly demanding matches. With the death of his mother he ‘clic’”.
Willian Pacho celebrates a goal with PSG.
With a ‘broken’ heart: “I will be happy whoever wins”
“Two players that I had in youth football, who debuted with me in the first team and who face each other in a Champions League final. I don’t know if it will happen to me again in my life.. I’m lucky. And the fact is that, as people, they are also from the Champions League final,” emphasizes the former coach of Sporting and Zaragozaamong others. It doesn’t get wet, yes: “I’m neutral. I’ll be happy whoever wins.”
Two players that I had in youth football, who debuted with me in the first team and who face each other in a Champions League final. I don’t know if it will happen to me again in my life.
“They are very winners of duels. It is very difficult to beat them one on one,” points out ‘MAR’ when referring to the common denominator of On it e Hincapie.
Miguel Ángel Ramírez, during his time at Independiente del Valle.
Each one, however, deserves an update of their own x-ray: “Pacho, as Roberto Olabe says, is a central supporter.Luis Enrique recognized that if it were not for him they could not have won the Champions League and Marquinhos admitted that it has made him better. Where there is a leak, he comes and covers it.”
Pacho is a central supporter: “Where there is a leak, he arrives and covers it up.”
“I highlight Hincapie’s continuities. He is a born repeater. Repeat actions at high intensity. “One after another,” insists Miguel Ángel Ramírez. Whatever happens, the Valley will have reached its summit.
Hincapie: “Pacho already won it, I hope this time it’s my turn”
The side/center of the Arsenal will become the third Ecuadorianafter Antonio Valencia (Man. United) and Willian Pacho (PSG), to play a Champions League final, but only On it He has won it.
William Pacho: “When I arrived here I never imagined that I would play in two Champions League finals in a row”
“The country may be divided (laughs), I don’t know. I’ve known him since we were kids. We trained together and we already dreamed of living these moments. He was already champion, let’s hope this time it’s my turn. “We talked a couple of weeks ago, but not about the final,” he acknowledged to MARCA.
