Today, Friday, June 21, the Peruvian team will debut in the Copa América 2024 against Chili. The opening match of the group will be played from 7:00 p.m. (Peruvian time) at the AT&T Stadium of Arlington, Texas, United States. Although all matches are important, this confrontation has an additional charge of emotions. In addition to the historic competition, Blanquirroja will play against Ricardo Gareca, who was their technical director for almost eight years.
To support our team and share the passion for football, municipalities and shopping centers will place giant screens in different parts of the capital, which All interested parties will be able to access it for free.. At some points, live music, games and more will even be offered.
In Lima, the municipality in charge of Rafael López Aliaga will receive all fans from 3:00 p.m. in the Plaza de Armas of Lima. As guest artists they will be presented Zaperoko and Group 5 of Yo Soy. In addition, the two-color batucada will be present, there will be prizes, surprises and a gastronomic fair in the Santa Rosa passage.
The Municipality of San Miguel, led by Eduardo Bless, will also install a giant screen from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Although the event is free for all residents, tickets must be redeemed at Ticketmaster, located in Wong de Plaza San Miguel.
The commune of Santa Anita will do the same in the Manuel Correa Sports Slab from 3:00 p.m. “Come with your family and friends to enjoy this great sporting event. Don’t miss the opportunity to support our team and experience the passion of football. We will also have fun activities for the little ones,” they indicated on official networks.
It joins the District Municipality of San Bartolo. In addition to the prelude to the game, which will begin at 5 p.m., Mayor August Carbajal announced the presence of the “La Búho Band” orchestra. All this on Boulevard Terraza San Bartolo. Reference: San José entrance, San José grotto.
On the part of the shopping centers, the headquarters of Royal Plaza They will broadcast the game in their food courts, except in Real Plaza Guardia Civil and Huancayo. He Mall Aventura, Plaza Norte, Open Plaza, Plaza San Miguel and Mall del Sur They will also place giant screens in their food courts to broadcast the Peruvian national team match.
The match valid for the first date of Group A, which will be played from 7:00 p.m. in Peru, will be broadcast live on the América TV channel (channel 4) and the Directv Sports Sports platform (DSports) or from streaming from DGO apps.
For the initial confrontation, Fossati started with (1) Pedro Gallese, (5) Carlos Zambrano, (17) Luis Advíncula, (22) Alexander Callens, (15) Miguel Araujo, (20) Edison Flores, (16) Wilder Cartagena, (8) Sergio Peña, (23) ) Piero Quispe, (7) Andy Polo and (14) Gianluca Lapadula.
On the Chilean side, the ‘Tiger‘ chose (1) Claudio Bravo, (4) Mauricio Isla, (16) Igor Lichnovsky, (5) Paulo Díaz, (2) Gabriel Suazo, (13) Erick Pulgar, (15) Diego Valdés, (7) Marcelino Núñez , (10) Alexis Sánchez, (11) Eduardo Vargas and (9) Víctor Dávila.
In the Peruvian team, expectations have been renewed with the arrival of Jorge Fossati, who will face his first official match in charge. Since 1997, Peru has always surpassed the group stage in the Copa América and seeks to maintain this streak in the current competition. Nevertheless, Only the first two of each series will advance to the quarterfinals, unlike previous editions where the best third parties also qualified.
For his part, the two-time American champion also arrives with high expectations. As part of his strategy, Ricardo Gareca kept figures from the ‘golden generation’ such as Alexis Sánchez and Claudio Bravo, and opted for new talents such as Víctor Dávila, CSKA Moscow forward.
In addition to the color of the uniform that Pedro Gallese would use, there were great expectations about how the Peruvian fans would react to the arrival of Ricardo Gareca dressed in the clothing of the Chilean team. Once his entry into the field was announced, the Peruvian fans began to boo him.
