Ricardo Gareca: the keys that led Peru to approach its second consecutive World Cup

Peru is only a few days away from visiting Uruguay and will face each other for the 17th date of the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers. The match will be played this Thursday, March 24 at the legendary Centenario Stadium, at 18:30pm (Peruvian time) and 20:30pm (Uruguayan time)

That is why players from abroad are already arriving in our capital, since, the trip to Uruguay is scheduled for Tuesday, March 22, in the afternoon.

However, from Uruguayan lands they are not confident, as they recognize the work of Ricardo Gareca at the helm of the Peruvian national team, which has placed him in expectant positions both in the Copa America and in the Qualifiers, where he has already qualified for the World Cup in Russia 2018 and this time he is very close to achieving his World Cup qualification in Qatar 2022, two finals to play.

But let's go from the beginning, what has changed Peru since the arrival of Ricardo Gareca?

The mentality

The group that makes up the Peruvian national team is mentally strong. I'm not saying it, the statistics they have obtained since Ricardo Gareca took over the technical direction of the bicolor. Then, for many years, Peru won in Quito (twice), Caracas and Barranquilla, places where they scored the three points, which bring it closer to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The players that make up the group of the Peruvian national team treat each other like a family and have the goal in mind always to go where they play to be protagonists.

The players are to the death with Gareca

From the emotional embraces of Christian Cueva to Ricardo Gareca when he scored that goal that led to Caracas's victory against Venezuela, to a statement by Miguel Araujo a few months ago with the newspaper trome, where he says the following. “Ricardo always gives you the confidence. He is a coach who kills for his players and the truth is that players are happy, happy, calm to give the best of one on the field. When you feel happy and comfortable, in any job I think you do your best,” he said at the time.

After this statement, it is clear, that the players feel obliged to strive for the confidence that the teacher gives them, and that means that even when the game is difficult they try to compete on an equal footing against the opponent.

Gareca, a technician who emphasizes game situations

Since Ricardo Gareca took over as coach of the Peruvian national team in March 2015, jobs have changed by one hundred percent. From planning routines and other activities that generate resounding changes in the physical theme of the players to monitoring and contacting the technical commands of the clubs to analyze how they are working in their respective sports institutions.

Ricardo Gareca always makes real game actions and situations that can happen in the match during training. That ultimately helps in the game. There, 'El Flaco' with these works seeks to surprise its rivals and in the process help its players gain more knowledge of the virtues and defects of their rivals to face.

Group management

Ricardo Gareca has a lot of knowledge for group management. He knows how to reach the player with the message and when perhaps the footballer is not at his best, he has the ability to take care of him so that this player only focuses on breaking it on the court. This virtue helped the selected ones to deliver everything and be close to taking us to our second consecutive world cup.

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