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After the closing of the first date with a historic 0-0 between Costa Rica and Brazil, this Tuesday the curtain will rise on the second day of the Copa América 2024 with two matches corresponding to Group A. At Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas Peru and Canada will face each other, two teams that need a win to dream of progressing to the quarterfinals. From 7 p.m., with DSports television. The referee will be the Guatemalan Mario Escobar and the VAR will be the Venezuelan Juan Soto.
The Incaicos began their journey in the competition with a goalless draw against Chile, which allows them to be the escort of Argentina, the current world champions and of this tournament. Given this scenario, those led by Jorge Fossati must look for a victory that will allow them to be well profiled for the last day, in which they will clash against the Albicelestes.
“It seems to me that they are a very physical team, very strong, fast, dynamic and with quick transitions. They have many arrivals on both sides. However, I saw that, in the match against Argentina, the strong was quite close to the violent,” warned the Uruguayan strategist.
Peru, which appears in last place in the South American Qualifiers heading to the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico with only two units in six games, in their friendly tour prior to the continental tournament they tied 0-0 with Paraguay and won 1 -0 to El Salvador.
The Canadians, for their part, find themselves immersed in a plateau and are not lifting despite the arrival of American coach Jesse Marsch. They began the Copa América with a 2-0 loss against Argentina and on the previous tour they were beaten 4-0 by the Netherlands and drew 0-0 against France.
“It will be a very physical game and we will be prepared for that. We are not naive, we are clear about what that will mean,” said the DT. Furthermore, he tried not to get into controversy when asked about the accusation made by his Peruvian counterpart: “I understand that the Peruvian coach is looking for a way to understand what we are going to contribute to the game and is preparing his team for what he believes. what are we”.
Peru will end its participation in the group stage on Saturday the 29th, at 9 p.m., against Argentina. Canada, for its part, will collide with Chile on the same day and time.
Probable formations:
Peru: Pedro Gallese; Miguel Araujo, Carlos Zambrano and Luis Abram; Andy Polo, Wilder Cartagena, Sergio Peña, Marco López and Piero Quispe; Edison Flores and Gianluca Lapadula. DT: Jorge Fossati.
Canada: Maxime Crepeau; Derek Cornelius, Alphonso Davies, Alistair Johnston, Moïse Bombito, Stephen Eustáquio, Tajon Buchanain, Ismaël Koné, Cyle Larin, Liam Millar and Jonathan David. DT: Jesse Marsch.
Stadium: Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas)
Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)
VAR: Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Hour: 19
Television: DSports
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