This Friday, April 13, the peruvian team will face its similar The Saviorat 7:30 p.m. (Peruvian time) at the Subaru Park stadium in Pennsylvania, United States, in what will be their last friendly before the Copa América 2024.
Those led by Jorge Fossati They played their last training session at the Episcopal Academy facilities in Philadelphia, where the Uruguayan coach stopped the team that will go out to face the Central Americans. The main challenge that will have to be overcome will be to cover the loss of Renato Tapiawho made the decision not to participate in the continental tournament, because the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) He did not respond in time to his request to receive work insurance in case he was injured during the competition, since he was without a team.
Two other players from the call who will not be in front of the ‘select‘ are Bryan Reyna and Christian Cueva. In the case of the Belgrano striker, who suffered physical problems before the match with Paraguay, the ‘Skinny‘He indicated that he will reach the Copa América without problems, but he prefers not to risk it: “He is improved and a serious injury has been ruled out,” he declared. About ‘Aladdin‘, he still has not recovered 100% after the treatment of his knee: “There are days when for a ‘alarmite‘You have to stop and downshift with the desire to get it back to 100% physicality,’ said the coach.
Jorge Fossati He will maintain his classic 3-5-2. Taking into account the aforementioned casualties, their lineup would be as follows:
In the arch it will remain Pedro Gallesewhile the line of three defenders will continue to be made up of Alexander Callens as left stopper, Miguel Araujo the right and Carlos Zambrano as last man. This area was the one that showed the best face to the ‘Guarani’ and would play in the Copa América, although Aldo Corzo, Luis Abram and Anderson Santamaría can get into the dispute.
Given the decline of ‘pigheaded‘, who has all the tickets to be the front-line midfielder is Wilder Cartagena, who comes from playing as an interior player in the previous match, Jesús Castillo would be left waiting. Later, Piero Quispe will go together Sergio Pena to try to create football. Likewise, as wingers, I would bet on Luis Advíncula on the right and Marcos Lopez on the left.
Finally, in the offensive duo, it would remain Gianluca Lapadulabut now accompanied by Edison Flores. Let’s remember that Paolo Guerrero is still recovering his best physical shape, after several weeks without playing due to an injury to César Vallejo, and will be an alternative from the substitute bench.
The Savior It comes with high spirits, due to its recent 3-1 victory over Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for date 2 of Group F of the Second Round of the Concacaf Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
His coach, the Spanish David Doniga The team has rotated a lot, to the point of using up to 40 players in only 7 games, although almost always establishing a line of 5 at the back. The eleven that I would put against the ‘bicolor’ would be the following:
Tomás Romero would go to goal, protected by Germán Fuentes and Jorge Cruz and Rudy Clavel as center backs. The left back will be Álex Larín, while the right back will be Tereso Benítez. The first line of flyers will be made up of Narciso Orellana with Melvin Cartagena, leaving Pablo Punyed more free in creation. The attacking duo would be Styven Vásquez along with Francis Castillo.
The last time Peru faced El Salvador was on September 27, 2022 in a friendly in the United States, in one of the first games of the Juan Reynoso era. The result was a 4-1 Peruvian victory with goals from Bryan Reyna, Gianluca Lapadula, Christian Cueva and an own goal from Eriq Zavaleta.
