The controversy over the call for Christian Cueva to the Copa America 2024, despite being inactive and recovering from an injury, crossed the borders and reached Chilean lands. Media from the southern country, the first rival of the Peruvian team in the continental competition, described the call of ‘Aladdin‘, and they remembered that he is a footballer out of rhythm and more involved in extra-sports issues.
“Without a club and coming off an injury: Peru’s roster for Copa América includes Christian Cueva“, titled the portal Redgolwhich also mentioned the criticism that the DT has been receiving ‘bicolor‘: “Jorge Fossati is in the middle of criticism, after he decided to nominate a player who is not going through a good moment,” they added.
The ‘Mapuche’ media outlet gave a joking tone to its note, asking ‘Flaco’ if he was Chilean, implying that his decision benefited those led by Ricardo Gareca:
“Don Jorge Fossati, are you Chilean? The coach of the Peruvian National Team is in the middle of controversy, after announcing the call for the 26 players who will play in the Copa América. The problem? It included a player who was considered ruled out. (..) This is Christian Cueva, former Unión Española player, who was included by Jorge Fossati despite not having a club and coming back from a serious knee injury,” they wrote.
In addition, they recalled his failed time at Alianza Lima, in which he failed to transcend, and mentioned the problem he had when he missed training and appeared at a nightclub in Trujillo: “After a disappointing return to Alianza Lima in 2023where he was even absent from training ‘intimate‘, The Peruvian did not manage to have a team for this season. Despite this, he will go to the United States.”
Finally, they questioned the lack of generational change on Fossati’s list, and were even surprised by Paolo Guerrero’s call: “In addition to Cueva, other former World Cup players stand out on Fossati’s team, such as Gallese, Advíncula and Paolo Guerrero himself. The latter, already 40 years old, “He was the scorer of the Copa América in 2011… When Claudio Borghi was the coach of Chile!”
The newspaper took it more cautiously The Mercuryone of the most important in that country, which dedicated a small line to him in the informative note on the 26 cited by Fossati: “The inclusion of midfielder Christian Cueva, who does not have a club and is coming from a long absence due to injury, is striking.
But that was not all, the radio sports program, Outdoor, recalled on his website that last Sunday, June 9, Christian Cueva was captured in a nightclub in the early hours of the morning. Yes ok Jorge Fossati had given the players a day off, this action was considered by many as a lack of commitment, because Peru had played with Paraguay only a couple of days before and was about to travel to the United States to continue its preparation:
“The scandal behind Peru’s payroll included a nightclub show before the Copa América,” they headlined.
Likewise, they pointed out that this action was the subject of discussion in entertainment programs:
“In the country of Rímac, the criticism did not take long to arrive, since less than a week ago, ‘Aladdin‘was caught making a scene of jealousy towards his current wife, Pamela López, while celebrating her birthday at a nightclub, which went viral on social networks and He fed the local show business for a week, speculating about the psychological problems the player would have.”, he added to the note.
