Former Chile player minimizes Peru prior to the 2024 Copa América

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A few days after his debut against Peru in the Copa América 2024he former Chilean player Gabriel Mendoza He assured that the Peruvian team, even if it plays well, always loses to Chile. In an interview, Mendoza mentioned that Peru does not show its best version against the Chileans, especially now that Garecawho knows the Peruvian team well, is in charge of Chile.

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“Peruvians feel disempowered when they have to play with Chile, in different ways or forms. Now for example because Ricardo Gareca is here and he knows them very well”Mendoza commented.

The former player, known as ‘Coca’also highlighted Peru’s style of play, but stated that this fades when they face Chile. “The shit (fear) is coming to the Peruvians no matter what. They always play beautifully, but they always lose with Chile, regardless of the fact that with Gareca they had taken away a little fear, now that is over and Chile is Chile.”he added.

Mendoza, who played for Chile in the 90s and participated in three Americas Cups (1991, 1993 and 1995)emphasized that the rivalry with Peru is more intense than with Argentina. “This is a classic, we have more rivalry with them than with the Argentines”he concluded.