The chosen ones. Jorge Fossati made official the list of those summoned for the Copa America 2024 after playing two friendly matches per FIFA date in preparation. Let us remember that Renato Tapia He did not travel to the United States due to contractual issues and will be the great absence in the national team.
The roster presented by the Uruguayan strategist has a total of 28 players, both from League 1 and abroad. It should be noted that there are 30 players who are in the Central American country, which is why two were not registered: Matías Succar and Paolo Reyna.
For his part, Carlos Mannucci’s forward was called as an emergency by the ‘Skinny’ after the unexpected departure of Alex Valera. Let us remember that the attacker ‘cream’ He made the decision to step aside because he had not had a good first half of the year with Universitario.
Meanwhile, Melgar’s full-back suffered an injury when he was training, so unfortunately he was unable to have minutes in the last two friendlies against Paraguay and El Salvador. It is also important to take into account the great moment it is going through Marcos Lopezplayer who occupies the same position.
One of the new features is the presence of Christian Cuevawho currently has no team after his abrupt departure from Alianza Lima. ‘Aladdin’ He played his last game on October 21, 2023, that is, he has not had competitive activity for almost eight months.
One fact to take into account is that there are several players who will face their first Copa América, among them, Diego Romero, Oliver Sonne, Piero Quispe, Jesús Castillo, Joao Grimaldo, Bryan Reyna, Franco Zanelatto and José Rivera.
The archers mentioned by Fossati are Pedro Gallese from Orlando City, Carlos Caceda from Melgar, Diego Romero of University. The chosen defenders are Luis Advíncula from Boca Juniors, Aldo Corzo of University, Oliver Sonne from Silkeborg IF, Marcos Lopez from Feyenoord, Luis Abram of Atlanta United, Miguel Araujo from Portland Timbers, Alexander Callens from AEK Athens, Anderson Santamaria from Santos Laguna and Carlos Zambrano from Alianza Lima.
In the midfield the calls are Wilder Cartagena from Orlando City, Sergio Pena from Malmo, Piero Quispe from Pumas UNAM, Jesus Castillo by Gil Vicente and Christian Cueva (guest).
Finally, the attack will be led by Paolo Guerrero by César Vallejo and will accompany him Andre Carrillo by Al Qadisiya, Joao Grimaldo from Sporting Cristal, Bryan Reyna from Belgrano, Franco Zanelatto from Alianza Lima, Andy Polo, Edison Flores and Jose Rivera of University and Gianluca Lapadula from Cagliari.
In the first stage of the continental competition, three days will be played, but only the first two teams will win a place in the next instance. The peruvian team will make his debut against Chili on Friday, June 21 at 7:00 p.m. Peru time at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Four days later, they will be measured against Canada from 5:00 p.m. at Sporting Park in Kansas City. Finally, faces will have to be seen with Argentina on Saturday the 29th starting at 7:00 p.m. at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
