Gareca talked about the possibilities of leading another team

While some are looking for a coach for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers in the United States and Mexico in 2026, others are focused on the upcoming tropical event in Qatar. So at least you have in mind The current coach of Peru, who will be fighting in the next few months for the World Cup play-off match in the Middle East. The Inca will meet the winner between Australia and the United Arab Emirates.

The Argentine, who had the opportunity to run the World Cup for the second time with the Red and White, was not oblivious to the interests of other teams that wanted him in the future. The Colombian national team appears in this panorama, which, after failing on its way to Qatar, assesses the possibility of a new strategic presence on the bench in the face of Rueda’s poor campaign.

The “Tiger” was one of the first to replace the Colombian strategist, but in the past few hours he spoke himself and sent a powerful message. We will never allow ourselves to have an official connection now. When we renew with the national team, regardless of whether everything goes well or not, I will not agree to talk to anyone.”

For a coach who has been through several clubs in Colombia, it is not healthy to talk about this before the next challenge with Peru. “It would make me lose the commitment that I have with the national team and with any country. There is no possibility for me to speak to someone, neither with the team nor with the national team, we are focused on the play-off.”

“Tiger” Gareca has been coach of the Peruvians since 2015. – Photo: Getty Images

Gareca is confident that his team will play a big role in this match, and later in the World Cup in Qatar, an event in which he already knows which group he will be placed in if he wins. “We are sure that things will go well for us, but we are not sure that if something goes wrong, and I have to go back, it is no use in my case, to arrange a contract with someone to leave and fix it somewhere else,” it added.

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Group D will be the area where Peru will stop in case of progression. There are current world champions France, Denmark and Tunisia.

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Group A: Qatar, Netherlands, Senegal, Ecuador.

Group B: England, the United States, Iran,

Group C: Argentina, Mexico, Poland, Saudi Arabia.

Group D: France, Denmark, Tunisia, playoff 1 (Peru / Australia / United Arab Emirates).

Group E: Spain, Germany, Japan, playoff 2 (Costa Rica / New Zealand).

Sixth group: Belgium, Croatia, Morocco, Canada.

Group G: Brazil, Switzerland, Serbia, Cameroon.

Group H: Portugal, Uruguay, South Korea, Ghana.

Uruguay-Peru/South America Qualifiers
Uruguay qualifiers – Peru / South America – Photo: Getty Images

Focusing on the playoff

The coach announced, on Wednesday, that it is very likely that his team in Spain will prepare for the elimination match for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, scheduled for June.

“The country with the highest confirmation rate will be Spain, and the cities could be Barcelona or Murcia,” he said. jarica at a press conference. “There is a possibility in Spain to hold a friendly match,” he added. Peru got its qualifying entry ticket at the end of the South American qualifiers, taking direct quotas to Qatar, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay.

In one match (June 13 or 14 in Doha) the Inca will face the fifth-placed team in Asia for a ticket to the World Cup.

Al-Nimr indicated that the training will start with players from the local environment and from some foreign leagues that are in a period of rest, and most of the summoned will join Europe. “The team will do a very good job. We will not have big problems. They tell us that we have to go to play, we will play. The team is strong,” warned the coach, after expressing his regret over the political crisis in Peru.

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