The poor performance that the Peruvian team in the South American qualifiers has called into question the performance of Juan Reynoso as technical manager of Bicolor. However, this is not the only point on which the Peruvian coach is criticized, as his statements to the press were also not well received by users. Faced with this controversy, former Alianza Lima footballer Ernesto Arakaki did not hesitate to reveal some details about Ricardo Gareca, the former technical director of Peru, and how he prepared to make statements to the media.
How did Ricardo Gareca prepare for the post-match press conferences?
In an interview with Carlos Orozco, the former Peruvian footballer revealed that during the years he worked with the technical team of Ricardo Gareca, he had the opportunity to see how the former technical director of the Peruvian team behaved along with his support team make prepared statements to the press.
Likewise, he pointed out that the “Tigre” tried to be careful with his statements since he left a message for him to the Bicolor players in every conference.
“I was lucky enough to work with Gareca’s technical command for a few years and he had a whole team, support and (he was preparing). He said, ‘There’s a press conference today, what do we do?’ What can we do?” they ask us? What do we say?’” revealed Ernesto Arakaki.
“In the conversations we had, he told me: ‘When I make a statement, I’m not just making a statement to the public, but I’m leaving a message to my players. So he was very careful with that.”‘” he added.
Given this remark, Orozco questioned the former soccer player: “Do you think Reynoso doesn’t know?” he asked. “I don’t know, you’re the communicator,” Arakaki replied after a long silence.
Juan Reynoso did not continue to coach the Peruvian team
After Peru’s draw against Venezuela, Juan Reynoso would no longer have the support of the FPF, since the general secretariat of this institution met with the agent of the national coach to start talks on the termination of the contract signed until December 2025. as Reynoso himself revealed in the press conference before the game against “Vinotinto”.