Carlos Lobatón reveals that Gareca chose him captain of the national team instead of Claudio Pizarro | VIDEO

Ricardo Gareca came to the peruvian team the 2015 season, replacing Pablo Bengoechea, who had taken office after the departure of Sergio Markarián. In the two processes prior to Russia 2018, Claudio pizarro he had been the captain of the Red-White.

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However, for the first qualifying match against Colombia in Barranquilla, Ricardo Gareca made another choice. Carlos Lobatón told about it in an interview with the program ‘La fe de Cuto’, from Trome newspaper.

“Ricardo appoints me captain of the national team at the start of the Qualifiers (Russia 2018) with Claudio Pizarro as the starter. I told him that the captain was Claudio and Gareca replied that the captain was me “.

“When I arrived at the national team, Pizarro was captain and for me, he is still the captain”Carlos said. Gareca replied again: “Then give him the tape. No problem“. Lobatón added: “When Pizarro left the field, he gave me the tape”.

Carlos Lobatón and Claudio Pizarro did not finish the entire Round by technical decision. The process started with bad results, but ended with the World Cup qualification through the playoffs.

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