One of the great appearances from the ‘vamos’ had to do with the presence of the striker from University of Sports, José Rivera who played alongside the Italian-Peruvian, Gianluca Lapadula. The popular ‘Tunche’ showed a lot of effort from the beginning but it was not enough to overcome the Guaraní defense.
At a press conference, Jorge Fossati, coach of the ‘Bicolor’, said he was satisfied with the game that the merengue attacker showed until he was replaced in the 64th minute by Paolo Guerrero. In the same way, he stressed that the team generated few scoring opportunities that did not allow the forwards to open the scoring.
“Rivera seemed to me to be in a great moment, very good. It seems to me that, as I said at the beginning, the team in the first half only used them (forwards) vertically, there was very little arrival as a team. “In the same way as I said that to defend the team well, then in the same way it is not enough to have great forwards if you do not play well as a team,” said the Peruvian coach.
Additionally, the national strategist did not hesitate to highlight the delivery of Universitario’s ’11’, however, he also indicated that to take stock in general he must evaluate all the ‘conditions’: “What José did left me satisfied, because I have to take into account what conditions the team gave him to perform”.
Finally, it is valid to remember that, Jose Rivera He managed to face his second game in the Peruvian team, under the direction of coach Jorge Fossati. On a previous occasion, he had minutes against the Dominican Republic, and this time he commanded the offense with Gianluca Lapadula.
