Gareca: Peru deserved to beat Haiti

Gareca: Peru deserved to beat Haiti Peru coach Ricardo GarecaRicardo Gareca was pleased with Peru's performance as last year's Copa America semi-finalists started with a win on Saturday.

After his side opened its Copa America Centenario campaign with a 1-0 victory over Haiti, coach Ricardo Gareca insisted Peru was the deserved winner in Seattle.

A semifinalist at last year's Copa America, record-breaking striker Paolo Guerrero scored the only goal of the match as Peru opened the centenary edition in winning fashion on Saturday.

Peru was the superior outfit throughout against the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinalist at CenturyLink Field and had to wait until the hour-mark to break the…