“Of the Edison Flores of four million dollars, there is little left. His return to the U is just a kidnapping of nostalgia, like that of Cueva ”

The numbers of Edison Flores with the Atlas they could depress Ted Lasso himself. This year he has played just six games, none complete. The last one was on April 10 against Juárez (1-1), when he alternated 3 minutes. He has not scored goals or given assists. Of the Ears that came to be worth 4 million dollars in 2020, there is little left. According to Transfermarkt, whoever wants to buy his token must pay less than two million. Against Korea he participated in the goal, but did not weigh in the collective work. Of those who started, he was the shortest of the bicolor.

Despite these numbers, his return has made cream hearts explode. The consolation after losing the Apertura and the hard defeat in Bogotá, is to remember the epic of the 2016 championship, when with Ruidíaz, Trauco, Gustavino and Polo, University offered recitals under the maestro’s baton Roberto Chale. She could see that big U standing up, her throat red and her palms hot from clapping so much.

After that peak of performance, and the summer he lived in Morelia, Orejas did not stand out. His transformations in the national team disguised his few happy moments.

Flowers returns to the one Warrior It has been described as a “low level competitive league”. Actually, it fell short: it is a very low-level tournament, although it has some virtues. The main one? Give space to talents with higher aspirations.

Wasn’t it also from there that Gareca got Trauco, Polo and Orejas, when Pizarro was drowning in excuses?

Deny that the return of Flowers is a setback is a lie. He does not return like the Blind man at 34, the Nene at 35 or Farfán at 36. He does it at 29, without major injuries. He doesn’t come back because he really wants to, he does it because he doesn’t have a place in Mexico. You need to play, so that the current account adds less zeros to the right. And, if he fights, he still has time to resurface.

Cueva, Zambrano, Valera, Flores and Liza this year; Yotún, Pacheco, Guivin and Matías Succar the previous one. Except for the defender, the rest returned -more details, less details- due to poor performance. Let’s not hide things, but let’s not lower the blind on them either. Playing will always be the best.

At the beginning of the week, what differentiates us from Ecuadorians? A little word out of use around these parts: training. That’s where the path is.