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(LIP-ir) -- Peru's new National Selection Soccer Coach, José Guillermo "Chemo" Del Solar is to arrive in Lima, Peru tonight and begin his work on taking Peru's National Soccer Team to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

After having been absent from the World Cup for 25 years, Peru's new coach has taken on the task of qualifying for this world championship.

Del Solar is to arrive at Jorge Chavez International Airport at 11:30 p.m. (04:30 GMT) on flight 530 LAN, which is departing from Santiago de Chile.

The members which are to make up his coaching staff, Marcelo Asteggiano - the coach's assistant and Alejandro Ricino - the physical trainer, are to arrive tomorrow. This was Del Solar's staff for Sporting Cristal and for Católica Universtiy.

A meeting, presided by Peru's World Cup Commission President - Juvenal Silva, will take place tomorrow, in which the coaching staff will sign the necessary contracts. The staff will be officially introduced on Friday.

39 year-old José Guillermo "Chemo" Del Solar is replacing Peru's former coach Julio Cesar Uribe, who was fired last week after disagreements with players during the Copa America Venezuela 2007.

The coach's first match will be a friendly against Costa Rica.

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