Gareca quits Peru after failed wage deal

July 18 - Peru and Ricardo Gareca have parted ways a month after the Argentine coach failed to guide the country to a second consecutive World Cup.

"Thank you for giving us one of the best times in Peruvian football," the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) wrote in a tweet. "We hope you continue to be successful in your athletic career and can continue to have fun."

The FPF did not extend Gareca's contract following Peru's failure to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar. Gareca would have refused to accept a lower salary.

Arriving in Lima in 2015, he led Peru to the 2018 World Cup in Russia where he exited in the first round in a group with France, Denmark and Australia. It was Peru's first World Cup appearance since the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

Gareca built a strong squad from a limited squad, but the Incas weren't good enough to beat Australia in the World Cup qualifiers last May.

It took 98 minutes for Peru to register an attempted goal, a measure of their poor performance, and without a goal in 120 minutes, Andrew Redmayne, the Socceroos reserve goalkeeper, who jumped back and forth, turned out to be the hero of the penalty shootout.

Hernan Crespo, coach of Duhail in Qatar, and Santiago Solari have been mentioned as potential replacements for Gareca.

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