Last Friday, May 20, the technician of the Peruvian team, Ricardo Gareca, revealed the list of players who will play the playoff for the pass to the Qatar 2022 World Cup. One of the main novelties of the list was the absence of Peruvian striker Raúl Ruidíaz, who lives a great present with the Seattle Sounders following winning the Concachampions.
Precisely, the absence of the ‘Flea’ caused the surprise and diverse opinions of the characters related to football. Among them that of the sports commentator Diego Rebagliati, who stated that the former Universitario player feels more than Gianluca Lapadula and pointed out a perception that the “Tiger” would have for not having summoned him.
“Ruidíaz feels that he is better than Lapadula, by far. Gareca thinks ‘he can stand me being a substitute, but he can’t stand me being a substitute for the substitute’. Ruidíaz has always played with Gareca”, declared to the program ‘Al Ángulo’ of Movistar Deportes.
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Likewise, the former soccer player highlighted the current situation of the Peruvian striker and that he is one of the best in Major League Soccer (MLS), being one of the best paid in this competition.
“Raúl is a player with a very big self-esteem and ego, that’s why he has achieved everything he has achieved. Beyond the goals he missed, he still feels like the best. He earns more than twice as much as “Orejas” Flores. The soccer player who earns the most in Peru, taking out Farfán, does not earn 15 percent of what he earns in the tournament”, declared.
Gareca responds to the absence of Ruidíaz
After Ricardo Gareca announced the list of those summoned for the 2022 playoff, he was consulted regarding the absence of Raúl Ruidíaz in the final list. The ‘Tiger’ specified that his absence has nothing to do with the player’s decision not to come on vacation.
“It has nothing to do with the decision he made at the time, it has to do with what we resolve at the moment. It has to do with giving continuity to a group that responded to pressing situations that we had to live through. We believe that keeping a group that rose to the occasion seems to me the most appropriate, ”he maintained.
