Today, Saturday June 29, the peruvian team will play for their pass to the quarter-finals of the Copa America 2024, When facing Argentina at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. The ‘albicelestes‘They come to this match already classified, due to the victories they achieved in the first two days over Chile (1-0) and Canada (2-0). For this reason, the DT Lionel Scaloni will send an alternative team to the field, with Lionel Messi as the main absence.
This fact gave a ray of hope to the Peruvian fans, who believe that those led by Jorge Fossati They will have more opportunities to beat the current world champions. However, not everyone thinks this way. Guillermo La Rosaformer player of the Peruvian team, He believes that this situation, far from being beneficial, could be detrimental to the Inca team.
“That Scaloni puts substitutes is worse, because they want to be starters, They want the world to see them. “This is not only seen in America, but all over the world. So, as a substitute, I have to ‘kill’ to be seen, to always be considered in my country’s national team, or to continue my career in another country. That’s why I think the next match will be more difficult for Peru,” he told Depor.
He ‘Casma tank‘ He also gave his opinion regarding the generational change that the ‘ needsbicolor‘. In his opinion, the poor level of the current team is due to the fact that its main figures are no longer at the same level:
“The players who are fundamental are not playing with a good football rhythm, such as, for example, Christian Cueva, André Carrilloand many more. We cannot fool ourselves and we have to tell the truth. They have been excellent players, important and have given us a lot of joy, but they are not made of iron, they are human beings, although I am sure that they always want the best for the country,” he said.
The former Alianza Lima striker pointed to the lack of work in training minors as responsible for the lack of emergence of new values, and gave as an example the lack of a number nine to replace Paolo Guerrero and Gianluca Lapadula:
“We have to work with the minors, the future is in the minors. We have to look for coaches and instructors who go to the provinces to bring the best players so that they can study and train well. If they do this in other countries, I ask myself: why can’t we do it here? Ecuador is an example, Argentina too, in Europe, not to mention, but here we are always doing the same thing. We want to look for a ‘9′ And there isn’t one. Why? Because we have to look for the minors. People know it, the leaders know it, but we are always looking for the same thing. How come more than twenty years ago there were several ‘9’s? When I played there were up to four or five ‘9’s, it was impossible for me to play, but by the grace of God and through my effort, I managed to be in the national team,” he said.
Finally, William the Rose He was encouraged to give his opinion regarding the 3-5-2 formation that he uses Jorge FossatiIn his opinion, he believes that the classic line of 4 helps to better protect the team, but he respects the Uruguayan’s decisions.
“Each coach has his system and uses it because he has the right players to develop it. He is not stupid. He is a very experienced coach and if he has been using that system it is because it is convenient to do so and we must respect it, but I would like Peru to play with four at the back. He is safer,” he concluded.
