The passage of Argentine coach Ricardo Gareca for the Peru team was positive. He brought the country’s national team back to the World Cup and led it to the Copa América final.

Gareca is currently Ecuador’s main option to replace his compatriot, Gustavo Alfaro, who has not renewed his relationship with the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) after participating in Qatar 2022.

Called out Tiger He went with Peru to Russia in 2018 and was a finalist in the Copa América in Brazil in 2019, he was also close to the recent World Cup, but the Rimac team lost on penalties to Australia in the playoffs.

Juan Carlos Oblitas, director of the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) and former coach of the Liga de Quito, thanked Gareca for what he had done and pointed out resignedly that he was no longer associated with the national team of his country.

“Ricardo Gareca is already living another life. We have gotten so used to his personality here that we feel that he will always be connected to the Peruvian national team, but that is not the case because he already sees other things,” said the coach.

“I value above all what he gave us and it must be maintained without a doubt”, he added in a conversation with a journalist. Carlos Univazo.

Oblitas also addressed the loss to Australia that kept his team out of the 2022 tournament in Qatar.

“Specifically, I feel that the central part of my criticism and analysis is that we played one of the weakest games of the Ricardo Gareca era, when we should have played the best in history,” he concluded. (D)