The football coach of Peru, The Argentine Ricardo Gareca, Ruled out resigning this Friday despite poor results in the four dates of the South American qualifier in the ‘ World Cup Qatar-2022.
“It never crossed my mind leave the Peruvian selection. I have a contract to fulfill, ”he said Gareca in a press conference video from Buenos Aires, Where is it.
“We have a mission and is to bring the selection to one World Cup classification and if not, leave something armed. There is always work to be done. My intention is to fulfill the contract to the last consequences, ”the coach indicated.
Gareca, 62, heads to Peru since March 2015. The ‘tiger‘He is revered by Peruvian fans after having taken the Inca combo to Russia-2018 after a 36-year absence from the World Cup.
Despite the impossibility of directing training, Gareca you monitor the health of the players you usually call up to the national team, such as the goal scorer Paolo Guerrero, From’ Porto Alegre International, Who recovered from a knee injury which left him out of the first matches of the qualifier a Qatar.
with three defeats and a draw in the first four dates of the playoffs, Peru accumulate just one point and is penultimate on the South American table, just above Bolivia, Which goes with the same points but with worse goal balance.
“Although we did not have a desired boot I am sure we are in a position to turn things around, “he said Gareca.
“In my head and in the head of the whole coaching staff and the players around the possibility that we can recover“I am fully convinced of that,” he said.
The next game of Peru will be March 25 ahead Bolivia at the height of Peace, Where he has never won by qualifiers, and five days later will receive a Venezuela a Lima.
“It simply came to our notice then. We are together with our selection disputing this possibility of leaving the last positions. They will be very competitive matches, it is a good possibility that we have to be able to start positioning ourselves “, he added.
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