Ricardo Gareca and his thoughts on discipline: the times he repeated that “he does not get involved in private life”

After listening to Ricardo Gareca minimize the party you held Paolo GuerreroIt would have to be said that he was always clear on the subject of indiscipline. From his first conference he took a position and continues to hold it until now. The technician of the peruvian team He will never criticize his players live on that issue, that fixes it internally.

On the day of its presentation, back in the first months of 2015, one of the answers that everyone expected to hear was about how he was going to work in discipline. Ricardo Gareca it did not spread much. He only said that he trusted the Peruvian player.

“Let’s see, I am not talking about the disciplinary issue because it is an internal matter. I think the Peruvian players are very good in general and they shouldn’t have to fail at it “declared Ricardo Gareca in his first press conference.

In all this time he has commanded the peruvian team,. It is true that there were acts of indiscipline within the team; however, the Tiger always solved it without cameras.

If he had to punish someone he would. Like any coach, he began by giving the Peruvian player confidence. Unfortunately, he understood that this should not have been the case. Before things get out of hand, he put a heavy hand on it. He separated several and called the attention of others.

For example, Luis Advíncula had to come out to apologize after he escaped from the concentration. Christian Cueva said that the coach caught his attention when he misbehaved. And so.

“I don’t have unruly players. If I have to talk about the squad that is in charge of me, I have to talk about a totally professional, responsible group that leaves its soul on the field of play. My players have had exemplary behavior, that’s what I can say. Private life belongs to the players, it does not belong to me. As in your private life [los periodistas] we don’t get in either “, declared Ricardo Gareca in 2015 after the defeat against Chile (3-4) for the second date of the Russia 2018 Qualifiers.

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During all this time, Ricardo Gareca He took time to talk about indiscipline in Peruvian football and in the national team. The ‘Tiger’ has always followed the same line. He did not change his speech.

In 2017, after Ricardo Gareca He changed the course of the Peruvian team by deleting some players. There was a lot of talk about some cases of indiscipline. The ‘Tiger’ said that his intention is not to get into the private lives of the players.

“I do not interfere in the private life of each one. What I need is to see focused people. I don’t get involved in what they do, but I have the power to decide. There are also differences between a club and a selected one. What happens with a selection influences the taxi driver, the businessman and the politician. In a club there is less chance that a coach will get what his players do. I don’t like to impose. I want the players to become aware. In Vélez it worked for me: it didn’t make them concentrate when we played at home ”, Gareca declared to Olé.

In July 2019, after the Copa América, some images of Christian Cueva intoxicated at Carlos Zambrano’s party. Then the attacker also appeared urinating on the street also under the influence of alcohol. Ricardo Gareca He spoke of the subject and that must be the first time that he refers directly to a player related to extra-sports acts. However, he tried to minimize the act.

“I didn’t like what happened with Cueva. When one is part of the national team, one must be careful in everything because it not only affects the personal, but also the national team. Within the gravity and discomfort that it has generated, what can be rescued is that it is appreciated in a family environment. I do not minimize what happened in any way, I do not justify it, but I prefer to see it next to the wife than in another situation “, said the technician of the peruvian team.

In 2020 when several indisciplines came to light in Alliance Lima, he is asked Ricardo Gareca about the topic. The Peruvian team coach also responded in the same way he has been doing.

“I do not like to invade the private life of each one, but the professional also has to understand that when he chooses this career, which is professional football, it is not for everyone, it is not for everyone, but everyone would play football . It also seems to me that this invasion of privacy (ampays), it would be good to understand that the player is judged by performance on the field of play “, declared Ricardo Gareca.

And so. The manager never criticized a particular player. He tried to always take care of his group. Now we are looking at a Ricardo Gareca with a well-defined position on the restrictions that have been imposed in Peru to avoid contagion by COVID-19. As a result, he did not criticize the meeting he held Paolo Guerrero.

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