"Triple E-UDA will play with basins"

Tomorrow, at the Raúl Baca de Gualaceo Coliseum, the Triple E-UDA team will present their 18 players with whom they will participate in their first National Basketball League. This act will start at 19: 00.

At the gates of the national tournament that will bring together eight teams from various parts of the country, Andrés Espinoza, head coach of the Azuayo team, said that the squad is made up of 16 local players plus two Venezuelan reinforcements. "Our team is structured with elements from Cuenca del Triple E quarry, who come from a process of five years and we have prepared to represent Azuay in a national tournament," said the young technician.
The National Basketball League will be called the DirecTV Cup and is the most important tournament in the country in this sport. "Most of the South American countries have their championships and from there, the champion and runner-up go to the League of the Americas and the third to the South American Cup," said Espinoza, who does not doubt that his team will fight hard in the tournament.

This new team will have an identity, this is what the trainer assures. "We have coupled an adequate game where the tactical order will prevail. Although we are not a squad with tall players, we will know how to counteract that with speed, shots from the outside, counterattack and with the experience of Gustavo Romo, César and Joselo Espinoza, Carlos Ramón and Javier Espinoza who will be the base of this team ", he explained.

Preparation
Since August of the 2016 the team is training and in December the two reinforcements were joined. "We participated in the provincial league of Guayas and then joined the Venezuelans Jean Pierre and Héctor Molina," said the trainer.
The training sessions take place on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Coliseum of the Manuel J. Calle Educational Unit. "Before the games we will do it in Gualaceo where, thanks to the opening of the Municipality of Gualaceo and the Cantonal Sports League, we will play at home," the 32 professional added.

According to your criteria, this contest will be very contested. "All teams have a high level. The main novelty is the return of the Barcelona quintet, as well as HR from Portoviejo, ICAM from Macas, Piratas de Ibarra, Juvenil de Vinces, Lions from Riobamba and Importadora Alvarado from Ambato, "said Espinoza.

For him, basketball, although practiced between men and women, the Men's League is better marketed. "We can say that we opened doors and we have covered the budget of the tournament that ends in October. The cost of Triple E's participation is high, "Espinoza said.

The debut in the Triple E contest, will be the July 18 in local condition against Pirates. "We have all the schedule defined and the organizers will inform it in due time," said the director of all Triple E divisions.