Ricardo Gareca recalls Peru’s strategy against New Zealand to reach Russia 2018: “They are very runners”

The Team Peru Able to qualify for Worlds Russia 2018 36 years later, in the first phase of the era Ricardo Gareca. Recently, the Argentine revealed the factors that allowed him to reach the goal, from the tactics used for his trip to the management. New Zealand. Ricardo Gareca also had words for the rival’s performance.

Ricardo Gareca: “We took into account the rival, they are very fast”

Ricardo GarecaProduced in a video ‘trick talk’, He highlighted that the Peruvian team always prefers to attack directly without prioritizing generation. Likewise, he highlighted that intensity is key to achieving rapid attacks and recoveries: “What we’re looking for in this game is not so much depth, but verticality, that is, being able to get there as quickly as possible and retrieve the ball.”

On the other hand, Ricardo Gareca He pointed to New Zealand’s qualities as a team, highlighting that they had good physicality and ran a lot: “The most important attribute of New Zealand was how they ran, the physicality they had. We had to be careful about a few things. We didn’t worry, but we took into account the opponent, they were very runners.

Ricardo Gareca: “The surgery set up along the way helped us a lot”

Ricardo Gareca Appreciated the administration Peruvian Football Federation At that time, a major move was made for the long journey to New Zealand: “You can’t predict a result, but you can predict a performance. The surgery set up in the first leg (in New Zealand) helped us a lot because recovery is important in this kind of competition, especially on long journeys. When we left we were told that the planes didn’t have autonomy, however, we had from Lima. Got transferred there”The Argentine coach explained.

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