Portuguese coach Renato Paiva bid farewell to Independiente del Valle, on Sunday evening, with a 1-1 draw on his trip to Nuevi de October, in the 15th and final round of the first stage of the Ecuadorean Championship.
After 0-0 at the end of the first half, Rene Jaramillo led the home team in the 56th minute and Jonathan Baumann, in the 70th minute, scored the goal that gave Independiente the equalizer.
The champion, who left to the last round of the first stage in third place and depends on other results to rise to the top, ended up in fourth place with 27 points. Barcelona Guayaquil ranked first with 30 points, followed by Universidad Católica (29) and Quito (29).
Emotion and applause when farewell
After the meeting last night, Renato Paiva did not contain his emotions in the last words, at the press conference, praised by those present when he spoke of the “legacy” he left and the family that was suffering in Portugal. far away.
“I will always remember that I am the first national coach of this club, and this will always be recorded. It’s a title, it’s a curriculum for the club and for me, but all these expressions of affection from the players, my managers, the fans, the people who work at the club every day, the way some cried … “I have cried a lot in my life as I have done in recent days, I think it is a legacy and more important than the title,” said the former Benfica coach.
“The expressions of affection I feel these days tell me that the club was not wrong either and that is what I am most proud of, what my distant family is proud of. [ndr: pausa, emocionado, com lágrimas nos olhos, enquanto é aplaudido]. From afar, they experienced the distance, with the work we did game after game, and the hugs you couldn’t give, because that’s it. [o telemóvel] It brings you closer to your family, but they are proud and I think the club is too,” he added.
Renato Paiva is now preparing for a new challenge at FC Leon in Mexico.
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