Pedro Gallese's optimism for the repechage and possible rivals at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Pedro Gallese was optimistic about the rival that he could play in the playoff, which will be played in June, and his possible rivals in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, where he could face Denmark and France again as part of group D. The goalkeeper of the Peruvian national team told MisterChip that compared to Russia 2018, this time they will arrive “more mature” as a team, but that they have all the attention paid to the last qualifying match for the most important football party.

Regarding his experience in Russia 2018, he stated that excitement and new experiences could have played a trick on him. “We weren't going to the World Cup 36 years old, so imagine the backpack we had. We qualified for Russia and now we try to qualify with a generation that always gives the maximum... It touched France and Denmark. We must be optimistic. The last world cup touched us heavy rivals. We were living new things. We played well against Denmark, but they scored the goal for us and handled the game. We are now more mature, with the same players. With a World Cup and another tie together, but first is the repechage.”

He stressed that now they only think about the rival and that each of their teammates is preparing at their club for the match. “We have seen little of them, surely when they face each other we will be vigilant. We will analyze in depth after his game, Ricardo is a guy who is always on the lookout. The technical command reviews videos and is in all that,” he said.

On the other hand, he revealed his favorite teams to win the Qatar 2022 World Cup are “France, Germany and Brazil. We face Brazil and they are unbalanced players. France grew a lot and has interesting players. Germany, it's always there. The match between Spain and Germany will be very interesting,” he stressed.

In addition, Gallese said that it will be two friendlies who will play before the repechage, but this has not yet been confirmed by the FPF. One possibility would be New Zealand.

The Peruvian national team reached this stage after placing fifth in the standings of the South American Qualifiers, leaving out teams such as Colombia and Chile. In total he scored 24 points in 18 matches, where 'Octopus' started in all of them.

HALAGOS A RICARDO GARECA

During the interview with MisterChip, Pedro Gallese also flattered Ricardo Gareca's work and how the confidence that the Argentine coach has with the team has made Peru no longer a team that is in qualifiers just to meet.

“Ricardo came up with new ideas and a new format. The players understood it very well. He's a guy who works a lot. With him, we grew little by little and now we are the team that is not only in the qualifiers to meet, but now we participate for a quota in the World Cup. The friendship we have makes it easier to work, so I already know how he thinks and he knows how we think,” Gallese said.

At another time he confessed that Gareca almost sent him to the alternate bank for an irresponsible action on his part that upset the strategist.

“At first, in some friendlies, he sat me down and told me what he didn't like. If you're going to put me on, I'll do what the technician says. It was in a Peru-Mexico, at the National Stadium in 2015 or 2016. I make a hitch, I get it right, then we go out playing. The next day in a talk with Gareca, where he shows us the good and the bad, he showed me the play and told me: 'You have to play more serious'”.

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