Paolo Guerrero: What Ricardo Gareca said after the Peruvian’s first goal at Racing Club

Paul Guerrero He is one of the best players that Peru has seen in the last 20 years. Everything he has achieved, both at club and national team level, is commendable. Although his present indicated that he needed exhaustive preparation to get back to his best after encountering physical problems. And as a reward for that effort, came his first goal with running club, with San Martín Formosa as a rival and in the Argentine Cup. In this direction, Ricardo Gareca He showed his happiness for this event and underlined the professionalism of the footballer.

“Nothing surprises me about Paolo. From him or from Farfán. Because I have seen them fight and do the impossible to be there, they are great professionals. If Paolo is in Argentina and in a team like Racing, it’s thanks to his professionalism. He’s a 100% professional player”, were his first words in the Al Ángulo show on Movistar Deportes.

Likewise, he acknowledged all the efforts that the ‘Predator’ to be in optimal conditions considering his 39 years. He ‘Lean’ had it in the Peruvian team and got to see the hierarchy of the shooter up close. “At the age he is and playing again with everything he’s had to go through, with all the inactivity he’s suffered, it’s really something to admire,” he said.

In this, gareca refers to the annotation of Guerrero against San Martin Formosa. “I was watching the game and when he scored the goal it causes immense joy because I know what he fought for and what he is working on to be well. He needs minutes. The other day Gago gave him 20 or 30 minutes in the league, today (yesterday) too. As long as the coach gives it to him and Paolo finds out why Racing has a great team, Gago will see it, but I think the minutes in which he will participate will increase more and more. He is a level player and he needs time to regain a better physical condition”, he specified.

Finally, the former Peru coach expressed his joy that the national striker has reached a transcendent team in Argentina as running club. “Now I watch Argentine football, but I see him (Paolo) and that makes me happy for everything he fought for. He’s a big one, Racing is a big one and a very important club in Argentina. with a lot of history. It’s essential that he scores a goal because it helps him gain confidence,” he said.

Paul Guerrero entered at the 69′ of the match between running club there Saint Martin Formosa for the first round of Argentina Cup. The score was tied at 1-1, so coach Fernando Gago sent the Peruvian onto the pitch to try to make the difference in attack.

And after a free kick from Matías Rojas, which hit the crossbar, the ‘Predator’ to poke him with his head and score his first goal with his ‘Academic’in which it was a real party after more than a year without seeing a goal (the last was in 2021 with Inter de Porto Alegre against Fluminense) and in the third game he played in Argentine football.

The direction of running club he opted for the signing of Paolo Guerrero conditioning his contract to certain specifications for the matches played. This due to the time he has spent and his physical condition due to his right knee.

In Argentina, enormous expectation has been aroused by the arrival of the ‘Predator’, because at his best, he was one of the most dangerous strikers on the continent. Currently, he hasn’t ceased to be, but it has been mitigated by the serious right knee injury he suffered in 2020.

The truth is that at this point in the team of Avellaneda, a different and renewed version of Paul Guerrero. Coach Fernando Gago was able to regulate his time on the pitch, considering he didn’t do a pre-season with the team. For now, he already has one goal in three games (in the first, his hand canceled the first). And if he continues on this path, he could find his best level.