They had to spend three games in the Qualifiers 2026 so that we can witness what until now has been the worst performance of the Peruvian National Team with Juan Reynoso on the bench. Beyond the 2-0 in favor of Chile, the team’s performance at the Monumental David Arellano stadium left many doubts and with a gloomy scenario thinking about the near future, with Argentina as a rival for next week. Thus, after the final whistle in Santiago, the technical director of the ‘Blanquirroja’ appeared with the media and analyzed the performance of his team.
The ‘Chess Player’ avoided individualizing his team’s performance and sought to make a mea culpa for what we saw in the Chilean capital, where Eduardo Berizzo’s pupils were vastly superior during the important passages of the match and fairly took the three points. . Likewise, the 53-year-old strategist acknowledged that he imagined such a meeting, but regretted not having found a way to turn around such an adverse procedure.
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“It would be apportioning blame, the truth is I’m not interested in apportioning blame, what interests me most is that the players are convinced. We worked a lot on the automatisms in attack, it is not being reflected at times. Today is a very sad day for everyone because we expected other games, we did not interpret it as we expected. In the bad scenario, many things happened that had been anticipated, that is my responsibility. I have nothing more to comment, because it would be falling into pretexts that do not add up today.”, he stated.
Likewise, ‘Cabezón reflected on the possibility of having had a better offensive proposal when Chile came on top and accumulated dangerous situations in the goal protected by Pedro Gallese, who was the only prominent figure of the Peruvian National Team. “Due to the quality of the players, we have the possibility of carrying the weight of the game. Because of my way of seeing life, rather than regretting it, we have to do an analysis with the video to see what we didn’t do well.”he added.
“What I say today is going to sound more like an apology than a solution. We expected a match that happened, due to the issue of the field and the rival. What bothers us all is that we didn’t solve it, knowing what was going to happen.”he added. In addition, he put on the table the immediate duel that we will have with Argentina. “The only thing left to do is solve it, put your mind to it and have enough fortitude to be self-critical to improve. Today the least I’m here to say is to apologize, I’m sure today will be a complex night, but we have to think about Argentina when it dawns tomorrow”, he noted.
Regarding what he expects from his team against ‘Scaloneta’, Juan Reynoso He said that he hopes to see a performance similar to what we saw against Brazil, where despite the defeat we defended very well. “Compete very closely from what we did against Brazil, which I think is the level of the team. Today’s blow serves as a driving force for what is to come. In the Qualifiers, we all know, you don’t qualify by playing well, you qualify by playing well; To play well, we must be a chameleonic team, adapting to different circumstances. Today I didn’t like that part”, he remarked.
Finally, avoiding giving further thought to the defeat against Chile, the former Cruz Azul coach was emphatic in pointing out the self-critical outlook that his players must have from now on, without regrets involved. “This is football, success and error. We have to reinvent ourselves, we are all grown up, many have played in the Qualifiers. If we live regretting, we are not going to improve. It is clear to me what we did well and what we did wrong, which were many more things.”, he pointed out.
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When will the Peruvian National Team play again?
After this 2-0 defeat in Santiago, the Peruvian National Team will play again next week when he receives Argentina for date 4 of the 2026 Qualifiers. This match is scheduled for Tuesday, October 17 from 9:00 pm, it will be played at the National Stadium and will be broadcast throughout Peru on the signals of ATV, América TV and Movistar Deportes . In Argentine territory it will be seen on the exclusive signals of TyC Sports and Public TV.
Let us remember that the last time the ‘Albiceleste’ visited our country was for the last Qatar 2022 Qualifiers, with a 0-2 defeat of the team that was then led by Ricardo Gareca. Nicolás González (17′) and Lautaro Martínez (28′) scored the goals for those led by Lionel Scaloni, in a match where the ‘Bicolor’ was vastly outmatched and could not find the way to harm the team that a couple of Years later she would be proclaimed world champion.
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