2023-11-30 19:35:00
Juan Carlos Oblitas spoke about the departure of Juan Reynoso in the Peruvian team. (Ovation)
Today, Thursday, November 30, Juan Carlos Oblitas gave statements to the press upon his departure from La Videna and touched on several topics, among the main ones the departure of coach Juan Reynoso and the possible return of Ricardo Gareca to the Peruvian team after poor results. at the start of the 2026 South American Qualifiers.
The general director of football of the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) began by explaining why the departure of ‘Cabezón’ has not yet been announced. “The settlement is being seen, as long as that is not resolved, logically there cannot be any other news. There is a Commission in charge of the issue and I ask you to be patient, you will be the first to find out.”
Immediately, the popular ‘Ciego’ revealed details of his relationship with the national strategist and shared his feelings after meeting with him days ago. In addition, he gave a deadline for the dismissal of his compatriot to be made official.
“I spoke with him last week, it is uncomfortable and ugly for both of us to talk about those topics; But, here we put the selection above all. After that, I have not spoken to him again, I imagine that his lawyer is looking at this issue of the resolution. This week it would have to be resolved. It does not suit either the Federation or Juan, let’s hope he resolves it as soon as possible,” he stated.
Juan Reynoso could only obtain 2 points out of 18 possible at the start of the 2026 Qualifiers – Credits: Getty Images.
Subsequently, the former player was consulted about the probable return of the ‘Tigre’ to the ‘bicolor’ and denied the rumours. “At the moment, no, logically, it is obvious. There has been no rapprochement with him.” At the same time, he also ruled out Jorge Fossati from Universitario and Luis Zulbedía from LDU de Quito.
“We would begin to see that (replacement of Reynoso), but, remember one thing, we have time, we cannot fall into the game of all these names that are given morning, afternoon and night. There is time, let’s take things easy. There is no possibility as long as Juan does not resolve his contract, he is still the coach. We are in no hurry, remember that there is no FIFA date until March,” he concluded.
The last time the national coach spoke to the press was after the 1-1 draw with Venezuela on matchday 6 of the South American Qualifiers on the way to the 2026 World Cup, exactly on Tuesday, November 21. At that time, he reaffirmed his position of remaining in charge of the ‘everyone’s team’ in conference.
“I am motivated by the commitment of the boys, it is natural that people express themselves in that way, it is respected, but I am motivated by the commitment of the boys and Peruvian football. “I came to help the team, in the short term, to classify and in the long term to restructure and rethink some things that we are missing and we are not realizing,” he declared.
However, days later, it was learned that the FPF directors had made the decision to dismiss the ‘Chess Player’. For that reason, his lawyer came forward and argued why his representative wanted to continue on the bench of the national squad. Finally, Oblitas was in charge of communicating the resolution to the former Cruz Azul. Now we just need to make it official.
Mathias Fariña, ‘Cabezón’ agent, referred to the coach’s present at the start of the 2026 Qualifiers. (Video: PBO)
The Peruvian national team finished 2023 by dropping its position in the FIFA ranking (35). Now you will have time to rethink many things and try to reverse the situation. Their closest commitment will be in March of the following year when there will be a double date of friendlies. These will serve to refine details for the new edition of the Copa América, which will be held in June and in the United States.
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