Ricardo Gareca expressed his feelings after meeting with Gianluca Lapadula and Renato Tapia | VIDEO

Ricardo Gareca and Néstor Bonillo traveled to Europe to meet with two important players of the Peruvian national team: Gianluca Lapadula and Renato Tapia. After the visit to Italy and Spain, the Blanquirroja coach returned to our country on Monday morning with important conclusions about the two players.

“The boys are fine”, expressed the ‘Tiger’ Gareca to the journalists who arrived at the Jorge Chávez International Airport. Regarding the ‘Bambino de los Andes’, who had a nose injury and returned to play with Benevento after a long inactivity, the DT stated: “I noticed it well. That’s good news”.

Before getting into the waiting vehicle, the coach ruled out having had a talk with Eduardo Coudet, coach of Celta de Vigo, who publicly complained about the poor condition in which Tapia returned to Spain. “I didn’t talk to anyone, I just talked to the players”sentenced the DT of the Bicolor.

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Gareca and Bonillo were in the match between Benevento and Como for Serie B on February 23. That day, Lapadula returned to the courts for the first time since December of last year. With the participation of the scorer (he entered in the 65th minute) there was the respective dialogue to find out feelings about his current situation.

Then, the members of the Blanquirroja technical command flew to Spain to arrive at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium. Last Saturday the 26th, Renato Tapia’s Celta de Vigo faced Atlético de Madrid in LaLiga. There was contact with the national midfielder shortly after the Qualifiers.

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The Peruvian team will face Uruguay on Thursday, March 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo on date 17. The following week, on Tuesday 29, the Bicolor hosts Paraguay at the National Stadium in Lima in the duel corresponding to date 18 of the Qualifiers.