The football coach of Peru, the Argentine Ricardo Gareca, ruled out resigning on Friday, despite poor results from the four South American qualifiers for Qatar World Cup-2022.
“It simply came to my notice then leave the Peruvian team. I have a contract to fulfill, “he said Gareca in a video press conference at Buenos Aires, where is it.
“We have a mission and is to lead the selection to a World Cup qualification and if not, leave something armed. There is always work. My intention is to fulfill the contract to the last consequences “, said the coach.
Gareca, 62, directs Peru since March 2015.Tiger‘is revered by Peruvian fans after he still led the team Russia-2018 after a 36-year absence from the World Cup.
Despite the impossibility of conducting training, Gareca monitors the health of players who regularly call up the national team, such as the scorer Paolo Guerrero, from Porto Alegre International, which recovered from a knee injury that left him out of the first qualifying games at Qatar.
With three defeats and a tie in the first four tie dates, Peru accumulate just one point and is penultimate in the South American table, just above Bolivia, which scores with the same points, but with a lower goal balance.
“While I didn’t have a desired start I’m sure we can turn things around, “he said. Gareca.
“In my head and in the head of the whole coaching staff and the players there is the possibility that. we can recover“I am totally convinced of that,” he said.
The next match of Peru will be on March 25 before Bolivia at the height of Peace, where he never won by qualification, and five days later will receive Venezuela into the Lima.
“There are two difficult commitments. We are with our selection challenging this possibility of leaving the last positions. There will be very competitive matches, it is a beautiful possibility to be able to start positioning ourselves “, he added.
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