Peruvian national team: What did Ricardo Gareca and Agustín Lozano talk about in their first meeting?

With cell phone in hand, Agustin Lozano entered La Videna around noon and then went out to meet the Argentine coach for a meeting of a couple of hours. There were no big conclusions, nor will there be any soon. What is being discussed is what each one believes must be done in the restructuring of Peruvian soccer and based on that, find the concordances to plan the way the coach works.

In principle, predisposition to stay exists on the part of Ricardo Gareca and the optimism of the continuity of the strategist grows in Videna. We had previously reported that his technical team is also willing to continue the work. Even, Nestor Bonillo He would also have participated in the meeting between the manager and the coach.

The FPF plan points to that side: “That the technical command has a more active participation within the federation”, according to Videna sources tell us. In other words, not only monitor what is the major selectionbut also to ensure that the other categories face the same soccer process, so that when they have to climb the rung, the jump is not so abrupt and the human material they have can be used more.

That there is a synchronization of all the selections so that there is a link that can be used. “It is very important that the players go through the process of going through the Sub 15, Sub 17 and Sub 20. When I was in the national team, I talked a lot with Gareca. He was asking me about a certain player and if he had had the right process”Juan José Oré, a trainer for minors in Peruvian soccer with experience in Videna, told El Comercio a few weeks ago.

On the contractual issue Gareca It has not yet been discussed directly, but it is known that there could be adjustments in certain expenses that have been had with the technical command, since the economic news is not the same as not having qualified for the World Cup.

Deeper

It has already become clear that it is necessary to restructure Peruvian football, and that there be a synchronization of work at the level of selections it is a first step to strengthen that part.

The other, as we have already made known, is to create the different commissions within the FPF that will account for the ills of the local structure in order to find solutions.

The renewal of the sports director is also scheduled, Juan Carlos Oblitasbut it is something that will be defined after reaching the agreement with Ricardo Gareca. Today all the attention is focused on specifying the work of the technical command and then the points that surround it will be seen.

The deadlines are short. Already the team must begin the Qualifiers next March, the Sub 20 must play the South American at the beginning of the year that qualifies for the World Cup in Indonesia and the Pan American Games in Santiago –and in the words of coach Gustavo Roverano, today they are not in a position to compete–, the Sub 17 has a World Cup on the horizon –we are organizers in 2023–, while clubs must think about changing history in international tournaments.

But that is a more long-term job. What is concrete today is that the biggest selection should think about attending the process towards the Playoffs 2026on how to take advantage of the time you have not having qualified the Qatar World Cup.

There will be new meetings with Gareca –many–, but it is not yet known when the next meeting will be. The truth is that there is a lot to do and you should think about it now.