The Argentine coach Ricardo Gareca He seemed focused on his goal when he took the Chilean team in his official presentation this Thursday, saying “they took me to solve the problem”, to take La Roja, now from the classification, to the 2026 World Cup.
“We have goals. What interests me is in a World Cup, but that is built and from now on we can unite and unite, players, leadership, public, press,” he said at the press conference held in a hotel in the capital of Chile.
Garecawhose contract runs until the end of the South American qualifying round and can be extended if he qualifies for the World Cup, is convinced that chilli “He is in a position to reach that lift”, from the eighth place he occupies with five points, after six games played.
“chilli Not too far, just close, right there. The objective is not to reach the top, the objective is to be there, it is what we all want,” he emphasized.
The 65-year-old coach, who coached the Peruvian team for seven years, highlighted the Chilean players and is enthusiastic about coaching them.
“chilli It is an important challenge, one that one likes regardless of the responsibility, it is rewarding and very exciting. The importance of the country motivates me, I am convinced that it has very important players who can aspire to a World Cup again, it has something to fight for in football,” he commented.
Gareca He said that from the friendly match Francewhich will be played next March, will be able to start making decisions and draw his idea, which he generally defined as a team that “delivers everything”, he also said that the game model “is not an imposition.”
“To the extent that the team can play well, with an idea that people and we know and we are comfortable, we will do better,” he said.
Regarding the calls and football players of the so-called ‘Golden Generation’, he said that “the doors are open to everyone” and that he expects the players to “show effectiveness and interest, which is felt and felt by a person that this is true. their desire to be in the choice”.
“The dedication that should be on the playing field, which is something that is always recognized chilli“, the attitude, the character, that goes beyond football,” are part of the qualities that the aforementioned players hope to see. And he also emphasized that his taste as a coach is present in the selection.
To do this, he will go on a tour to talk to Chilean soccer players who play abroad and will also do the same to those in the local league as he comments on his next steps.
The coach recognized that the most important thing now is to start work and adapt quickly. “I’m interested in reaching the player and the team immediately and adapting to the country and their way of living together and feeling football.”
“I want to have the support of people inside and outside, it’s an important energy. “I want people to believe in the national team again, that’s the most important challenge we have,” he concluded.
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Source: La Verdad
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