Ricardo Gareca denied that he intended to confront Juan Reynoso: “I have a good relationship with him”

Ricardo Garecaformer coach of the peruvian team, in the midst of the questioning that the coach of the red and white team made about the physical performance of some selected players, such as Joao Grimaldo, Bryan Reyna and Franco Zanelatto.

“At some point, a mere coincidence occurred, perhaps it has to do with what Juan said to what I said.. “, expressed the coach during an interview given to journalists Mauricio Loret de Mola and Michael Succar in Argentina.

Furthermore, Gareca indicated that Reynoso “did not mean that” when he pointed out to the press, after the defeat against Argentina in Lima for the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers, that Grimaldo, Reyna and Zanelatto “are not able to sustain even 60 minutes” of a high-intensity match.

Bad start in the Qualifiers

Gareca indicated that the bad start that Juan Reynoso has had in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers is due to the fact that He did not have adequate time to give “his style” to the Peruvian team after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

“I had to live it, it is not something that surprises me, because Unfortunately, the two beginnings of the Qualifiers affected me something similar to Juan. I know what the situation is like and what he must be suffering, what he must be suffering and all the things that happened to him. Seeing it is reliving a little what I had to experience”, he stated.

“In this case, since there was no Cup (America) and There was a lot of time ahead after the World Cup in Qatar, so there wasn’t much time to work. In that case, what I see in this stage of Reynoso, more than anything, is the little time he had to work, which, without a doubt, could have influenced this start”he added.