SANTIAGO, Jun 10 – Ricardo Gareca confirmed he has stepped down as Chile head coach after their hopes of reaching the 2026 World Cup ended with a 2-0 away loss to Bolivia on Tuesday.
“We decided, with the teaching employees (…) with your entire delegation. We informed them that we wish to ease the state of affairs,” stated Gareca throughout a short press convention after the match in El Alto, the place he didn’t take questions.
“The outcomes by no means went with us, at any time. We didn’t produce outcomes, Chile is in a state of affairs that nobody would have wished for.”
The defeat left Chile backside of the South American desk with solely 10 factors and two video games remaining within the qualifying spherical.
“La Roja” will miss out on the World Cup for the third time in a row, after failing to qualify for Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022 following a historic period that noticed them win the Copa America in 2015 and 2016.
Beneath Argentine supervisor Gareca, who was appointed in 2024, Chile solely managed one win in 13 official video games. REUTERS
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