Ricardo Gareca trusts that Christian Cueva will recover his level: “It’s not that he’s finished”

Ricardo Garecaformer technician peruvian teamI consider that “if he puts his mind to it,” so he considered that he should prepare and overcome his injury.

In dialogue with journalists Mauricio Loret de Mola and Michael Succar, Gareca indicated that Cueva “is a different and distinct player,” but that he has had bad luck with his injuries this year. Furthermore, he hinted that ‘Aladino’ played despite being injured so as not to disappoint the Alianza Lima club.

“If he proposes it (he can reach that different player at the national team level). I have no doubt because he is still old, he is 30 years old, it is not that he is finished, far from it.“said the former coach of the Peruvian team.

“He has been injured. He had bad luck, he didn’t win, he was injured, he had muscle problems, he had knee problems, that affected his performance… so as not to disappoint Alianza, who trusted him, he did not link. Sometimes the player is exposed to these injuries”he added.

“A player like Cueva appears at any time and is decisive because they are players of character and overcome adversity”, he stated.

Some days ago, The Alianza Lima club announced Cueva’s departure after deciding not to renew his contractso he will not have the steering wheel for the 2024 season.