Nolberto Solano's objectives with the Peruvian national team, the flattery of Christian Cueva and the key match in the Playoffs

The Peruvian national team is a few months away from defining whether they will finally qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, but before that they will have to overcome the repechage. Nolberto Solano, technical assistant to Ricardo Gareca, spoke in a recent interview about these events and stated that the goal is to qualify for the top football party. In addition, he also flattered Christian Cueva and the highlights of the last South American Playoffs.

“We have taken a big step in qualifying for the repechage, but the goal is to go to the Qatar 2022 World Cup. We are working on all the planning despite not knowing the rival yet,” he commented in an interview with GOLPERU.

In addition, he revealed what was the key match in these Qualifiers. “I think these qualifiers have more merit because they haven't claimed anything from us. We have deserved everything and always step by step. We always go from less to more. I think the key match was against Colombia. Although we didn't play quite well, we got the three points. We played better with Uruguay, but we didn't get anything,” he said.

At another time, he referred to 'Aladino', the vital player in this tournament Conmebol and top scorer of the 'blanquirroja'. “Ricardo Gareca loves the talented player and that's why he bet on Christian Cueva the first time he called him. He's an extraordinary player. We are happy because it always performs,” said 'Ñol', who also defended the 'everyone's team'.

The Peruvian national team will play the repechage for Qatar 2022 on June 13 in Doha from 01:00pm (Peruvian time) and their rival will come out of the match between Australia and the United Arab Emirates. If he manages to pass the repechage, he will settle in group D of the World Cup together with France, Denmark and Tunisia. As happened in Russia 2018, where it was measured with Danes and Frenchmen.

In addition, on Wednesday, a friendly match was confirmed for June 05 against New Zealand, rival that the 'bicolor' faced in the World Cup Repechage for Russia 2018 and ended winning in the global. On this occasion, the commitment will be played in Barcelona, at the Espanyol stadium, from 10:30 a.m. (Peruvian time).

HE REFERRED TO THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE 1 AND TOURNAMENT

Nolberto Solano also spoke about Liga 1 and the performances of Peruvian teams in international tournaments. The 'Maestrito' highlighted the provincial teams for their outstanding matches in the Apertura Tournament, being leaders until the tenth date. However, he criticized when referring to club tournaments in Conmebol.

He said the following about the Peruvian tournament: “You can tell that it was decentralized again. I congratulate Sport Huancayo, Ayacucho FC and Cienciano. They are teams that make the league competitive, even more so playing at high altitude. Be careful, that does not mean that in the plain they come and compete as they have been doing. The championship is very interesting.”

Then it was hard with the participation of the clubs in Libertadores and Sudamericana 2022: “I think it's a task for the clubs. Clubs have to have ambition. We are not going to find out that River Plate is preparing to play local tournament and Copa Libertadores. You have to compete. It's very similar to what happens in the Peruvian National Team.”

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