The Chilean team would confirm, through a video with a subliminal message on its social networks, what is an open secret in the southern country. The audiovisual material reveals tiger eyes Santiago National Stadium and at the end it is called “La Roja” and leaves the imagination open to the speculation that has arisen in the last few hours: Ricardo Gareca will be the new coach of Chile.
After his time at Bicolor and his short time at Vélez Sarsfield, Tigre agreed to become the new coach of La Roja and take charge of the Copa América 2024, which will be played in the United States, as well as the South American qualifiers 2026.
As “Sportscenter” reports, the 65-year-old strategist will replace Eduardo Berizzowho resigned after a goalless draw against Paraguay on the fifth day of qualifying.
As many will recall, Tigre failed to strengthen his bond with the Peruvian team after failing to qualify for the team World Cup Qatar 2022 and he was free. He then took over the mandate from Vélez Sarsfield, but could not achieve good results and decided to resign.
After this experience, the Argentine was discovered by some national clubs such as Alianza Lima or América de Cali from Colombia. However, the main contender for the title was the Chilean team. After several weeks of meetings with the National Professional Football Association of Chile and despite the fact that there were still commercial strategists with our country, the coach finally reached an agreement with La Roja.
It should be noted that Gareca would indeed make his debut as Chile's coach on this day Fifa March against the Algerian and French national teams, their first official match will be against Peru, on the first date of Group A of the Copa América 2024, which will be played on June 21 at 7:00 p.m
Now all that is missing is the formal announcement, which, according to the Chilean press, which was surprised by their national association's decision, would be made on Friday or Saturday this week.
Did you know…
Confirmed. Although the arrival of Ricardo GarecaChile has already confirmed its first friendly match of the year. The next FIFA meeting takes place on March 26th at the Vélodrome against France. This duel would mark Tigre's debut on the bench.