Peru tied 0-0 with Paraguay at the Monumental Stadium of Ate, in a friendly match for FIFA 2024. A bitter result for Jorge Fossati’s team, who hoped to give a victory to the people who came to the sports venue. All this with a view to the start of the Copa América, which starts on June 20.
It was a match more fought than played, with few clear goalscoring. In fact, the most surprising thing was the presence of Jose Rivera as owner along with Gianluca Lapadula. Oliver Sonne He was one of those who did not have minutes before the ‘albirroja’which had all its stars.
Peru’s next and last rival before the Copa América will be The Savior. This meeting will take place on Friday, June 14 in Philadelphia, United States. The appointment will be at 19:30 Peruvian hours.
Peru: Gallese; Araujo, Zambrano, Callens, Polo; López, Tapia, Cartagena, Quispe; Rivera, Lapadula
Paraguay: Colonel; Alonso, Alderete, Balbuena, Velázquez; Villasanti, Cubas, Rojas, Sosa; Almirón, Arce.
The ‘bicolor’ He has been training for several days in Videna with the focus of traveling to the United States fully ready to compete. But first he must test everything practiced unofficially against ‘Guarani’ and El Salvador, the rivals chosen to face for the FIFA date.
In that sense, Jorge Fossati He will seek to consolidate his starting scheme from these two friendlies. The coach of the national squad, who will make his official debut on the bench In the Copa América, he will move all his chips that he has at his disposal today and will choose the best to face the event.
It is worth mentioning that the duel against Paraguay will not only serve as preparation for the team, but will also be the farewell of the national delegation with all the fans who will be present at the Monumental stadium. It happens that after this confrontation, the Peruvian team will pack their bags for the United States, where they will play the other preparatory match against El Salvador and, later, the continental competition.
The meeting between Peru and Paraguay will be broadcast on various television signals within the national territory. The channels in charge of broadcasting this friendly match live are América TV (channel 4) and ATV (channel 9)as well as Movistar Sports, exclusive Movistar TV channel. The meeting can be enjoyed online through the streaming platform called Movistar Play, which can be accessed by all the company’s users. As for Paraguayan territory, the signal that will transmit the confrontation will be Tigo Sports.
On the other hand, in Infobae Peru We will bring you all the details prior to the meeting through our website. Likewise, we will carry out special live coverage, in which we will follow the minute by minute, goals and best plays of the preparatory clash for the Copa América 2024.
The duel between both teams is scheduled to take place this Friday, June 7, starting at 7:30 p.m. in Peru and 8:30 p.m. in Paraguay. The confrontation will take place at the Monumental de Ate stadium, where the national fans will be present to say goodbye to the team.
The last time the Peruvian team faced Paraguay was on September 7, 2023. That day, the national team debuted in the Qualifiers towards the 2026 World Cup at the Antonio Aranda Encina Stadium in Ciudad del Este, a different setting than the one frequently used by the ‘albirroja’ for their home games (Defensores del Chaco Stadium in Asunción).
In any case, it was a highly complicated challenge for the ‘bicolor’, which was then directed by Juan Máximo Reynoso. In fact, the national team suffered the expulsion of Luis Advíncula at the end of the first half. Despite their numerical inferiority on the field, they rescued an important point from the visit, since neither of the two teams managed to move the scoreboard.
In any case, Peru did not have a good time on the following dates: recorded one more draw and four losses. These results placed them in last place in the table with just two points and caused a change of coach. Now the era of Jorge Fossati on the bench begins and the Uruguayan coach will seek to reverse that negative situation.
