Eduardo Hurtado pide una revolución para Ecuador: "Necesitamos un técnico europeo"

The history of the Ecuadorian national team cannot be told without Eduardo Hurtado. With 74 appearances and 26 goals, "El Tanque" (The Tank) was one of the Tricolor's key figures in the late 1990s and paved the way for subsequent generations of strikers. After the elimination against Mexico, the former forward confessed his disappointment at seeing an unrecognizable team. "We all wondered what happened. Our players aren't used to playing that way," he stated. Although he acknowledged that factors such as the altitude of Mexico City could have played a role, he was emphatic in stating that "none of our key players performed as they normally would," also dismissing any off-field theories: "Mexico outplayed us."