Jorge Fossatiduring the press conference held to announce the foreign footballers called up for the June FIFA date, was asked about the possibilities of Christian Cueva to go to the Copa America 2024, or at least integrate the list of 55 footballers preselected for the competition. Let us remember that, ‘Aladdin‘He hasn’t played for several months, due to a knee injury, and he hasn’t belonged to any club since the beginning of the year, so he has been training at the National Sports Village (Videna).
At first, the ‘Skinny‘He mentioned that the skilled midfielder has evolved very well after the medical procedure he underwent in Spain, and his rehabilitation work has been treated with great care:
“We are with him every day, he has been making enormous progress. Thank God, the treatment he had for his knee, in the clinic in Spain, has been very good and the rehabilitation he did here, by the national team’s medical staff, is also excellent and he has been working for a couple of weeks with our physical trainers and he is being given the necessary care,” he declared.
On the other hand, the Uruguayan coach pointed out that the physique of the former Alianza Lima player has been evolving positively and recalled that until recently, he was gaining weight, which was detrimental to his performance:
“His physique has improved noticeably. Not only in having more strength and speed. But, when I talk about his physique, I’m talking about the excess weight he had that didn’t help him at all.. She is undergoing treatment from our nutritionist, that is, all precautions are being taken so that she can play fully again,” she added.
Regarding the possibility of integrating the final list for the Copa América, Fossati He did not want to affirm anything and made it clear that not even in the technical command of the ‘bicolor‘They are clear. In addition, he stressed that, since he is a free player, they plan for him to train with the rest of the team, at least as a guest:
“I don’t know if we’re going to achieve it between now and the Copa América.. Obviously what he would lack in that case would be competition. For the moment, and precisely because he is not a player who comes from abroad, nor does he come from a local club, but rather he is a free player, for the moment, we are going to have him working with us. If the specialists approve it, and you can join the group to work, you are welcome. Our first goal is to have you, even if it is as a guest. In fact, the idea is not that against Paraguay there will be 26 players, but between 29 or 30″.
Finally, he praised ‘Cave‘, describing him as a special player and even dared to affirm that, if he reaches the Cup, it will be a very important return for the ‘bicolor‘:
“Christian Cueva is a special player. If he is in a position to reach the Cup, we would have the return of one of the most important footballers that Peru had in recent years”, he expressed.
