It’s game day here in Guayaquil with NYCFC all set to face C.S Emelec at Estadio George Capwell.
Warmest of Welcomes
If we were in any doubts as to the excitement generated by our visit here, they were swiftly diminished when we touched down at the airport on Monday where vast numbers of the soccer-loving public had come out to catch a glimpse of the squad at arrivals.
This really set the tone for what we’ve experienced since, especially at the soccer clinic on our first morning in Ecuador, when Andrea Pirlo, Ugo Okoli and Andre Rawls paid a visit to Torremar school to play some ball with the students.