Hernán "El Pirata" Boats leave the Liga of Quito at the gates of South America

2018-04-01-QUITO-ECUADOR. For a new date of the national championship, University Sports League receives Independiente del Valle at the stadium Rodrigo Paz. Goal by Hernán Barcos APIFOTO / JUAN RUIZ

Argentine striker Hernán "El Pirata" Barcos left the Liga of Quito today, for personal reasons and at the beginning of the current edition of Copa Sudamericana, said the player himself. ] The attacker, 34, said today in his social media that the decision is for his own good and that of La Liga, the team that is the leader of the championship and who has already won, in advance, the first stage of the tournament. 19659004] "Today is a difficult day for me and my family because of all that we have been through this semester, but I have to say goodbye once again," he added without specifying more.

Barcos specified that he was leaving the group Although he is not the one who scores the goals of the triumph, he hopes that La Liga will be national champion and Copa Libertadores, according to a video posted on his account Instagram.

The Ecuadorian team thanked the attacker on Twitter "All goals and leave everything on the ground." "Our doors will always open when you want to come back," added the club

Barcos, who was captain and scorer of the current season with the Liga of Quito, was the most important element of the club's foreign quota, with the experience and safety of Argentine goalkeeper Adrián Gabbarini and the contribution Uruguayan striker Gastón Rodríguez, who continues in the team.

Liga de Quito won the first leg of the national tournament, he also secured a place for the final for this year's title in Ecuador, as well as a ticket for the Copa Libertadores 2019.

Under the technical direction of Uruguayan Pablo Repetto, whose main goal at the beginning of the season was to defend the league in the first division, La Liga won 14 matches, tied four and lost three; scored 32 goals and received 16.

As part of Copa Sudamericana 2018, the Albo club, as they say in La Liga, will play on July 25 against Vasco de Gama, of Brazil, and also the match of [19659003] The Liga of Quito is the only Ecuadorian team to have won the Copa Libertadores, in 2008, Copa Sudamericana (2009) and Recopa Sudamericana (2009 and 2010). EFE

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