05/03/2024 1:23 p.m.
Michael Estrada was on the lips of fans League of Quito, since he had not scored goals since his arrival at the club. However, his drought came to an end this Tuesday during the visit of LDU against Libertad for the pending match on date 4 of the LigaPro. The 28-year-old forward broke a bad streak of almost six months without scoring and was baptized in the Albos shirt. This caused Eduardo Hurtado, former forward of the Ecuadorian national team, to praise him on El Canal del Fútbol.
The Tank is an authorized word to talk about soccer players in the tricolor country, since With the national team he ranks third among the top scorers.behind of Enner Valencia and Agustin Delgado. Furthermore, he was a World Cup player with The Tri in 2002.
In an interview with ECDF, Hurtado spoke highly of Estrada, who recently broke his losing streak. “Michael Estrada is one of the best center forwards that Ecuador hasand why not say it, also from South America. It must have been hard for him not to have scored so much time, but now he will surely return with everything‘, assured the former attacker of Liga de Quito, Emelec, NY Red Bulls, Argentinos Juniors, among others.
Eduardo Hurtado, now retired, is the third historical scorer of the Ecuadorian National Team
In the match against the Lojano team, Estrada appeared at 17 minutes to score the second goal for the King of Cups and the partial 2-0 in the match.
The former Cruz Azul player stepped into the area after a great personal play by Jairon Charcopa on the right wing, and after a cross from the LDU youth, Estrada defined with his right leg and scored the second. The white players went to hug the tricolor striker for having ended his drought and they all hugged together.
The news of Estrada’s goal is very good for the League, since the goal was opened and now he will have more confidence in the games to come. In La Tri they also celebrate that the one who emerged in Macará has returned to scoring, since the shortage of forwards is worrying, and that Estrada returns to his best level gives coach Félix Sánchez Bas a new option for the Copa América.
Michael Estrada’s celebration for his first goal at LDU.
Michael Estrada’s first goal in the Quito League
Will Alcácer’s prediction come true?
Prior to the match with the Red Roller that ended with a 1-0 victory for LDU thanks to Alex Arce’s goal, Josep Alcácer, the team’s coach, came out to defend him despite his bad streak and compared it to a champagne cork. “I am convinced that Michael will get the goals and it will be like champagne. When he pops the cork, he won’t stop. I am very calm about Estrada“, assured the Spanish coach about the situation of the 28-year-old attacker.
Now, We just have to wait for what Alcácer said to come true. and that Chocolatín continues converting to give more joy to the merengue fans.
Alcacer’s comparison of Michael Estrada and Champagne
The coach will surely continue supporting the 28-year-old from Guayaquil as a starter, since, despite having just scored his first goal, he participates a lot in the game and in the attack of the King of Cups. Furthermore, he trusts that he will soon emerge as in his previous steps in Ecuadorian soccer, andbecause he knew how to be a scorer in Independiente del Valle, Macará and El Nacional a few years ago. Furthermore, he had great performances in Toluca, where he was even scouted by Boca Juniors..
