What will be Peru’s lineup against Chile? Jorge Fossati has had enough friendlies to define the starting eleven that will take over Copa America 2024; However, doubts seem more than certainties. Still, if you want to know Peru’s initial composition for their debut, you came to the right place.
LOOK | “We have a chicha federation where not even the little valuable things they have are taken care of”: the acid criticism of Lozano and the internal criticism of Peru
Pedro Gallese will be in goal against Chile. The line of three will be made up of Aldo Corzo, Carlos Zambrano and Alexander Callens, on the right, last and left, respectively.
- América TV Live, Peru vs Chile Copa América 2024: where to watch Channel 4 for free
- Peru vs. Chile – Copa América 2024: match schedule, TV channel and free streaming
Marcos López starts again as a starter as a wing back on the left and Andy Polo entered Fossati’s eleven, leaving Luis Advíncula on the bench. Sergio Peña, Wilder Cartagena and Piero Quispe will be on the interior.
Finally, up front will be the duo Bryan Reyna and Gianluca Lapadula.
READ ALSO: Peña, Quispe or Cueva? The answer to who should be the driver of the Peruvian team against Chile
- Gallese; Corzo, Zambrano, Callens; Polo, Cartagena, Quispe, Peña, López; Reyna and Lapadula. (To be confirmed)
- Bryan Cortes; Matías Catalán, Gary Medel, Guillermo Maripán, Gabriel Suazo; Erick Pulgar, Rodrigo Echevarría, Diego Valdés, Víctor Dávila; Alexis Sánchez and Ben Brereton. (To be confirmed)
Goalkeepers: Pedro Gallese, Carlos Cáceda and Diego Romero.
Defenses: Luis Abram; Luis Advíncula, Miguel Araujo, Alexander Callens, Marcos López, Anderson Santamaría, Oliver Sonne, Carlos Zambrano and Aldo Corzo.
Flyers: Wilder Cartagena, Jesús Castillo, Sergio Peña, Piero Quispe and Christian Cueva.
Forwards: André Carrillo, Gianluca Lapadula, Bryan Reyna, Franco Zanelatto, Andy Polo, Edison Flores, José Rivera, Joao Grimaldo and Paolo Guerrero.
Last with 2 points in 6 games in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 North American World Cup, Peru is experiencing its darkest hours since its participation in Russia-2018, its first World Cup since Spain-1982.
The Uruguayan Jorge Fossati, 71, took the reins of the red and white team starting in 2024 with the challenge of getting it out of the deep basement into which it fell, but the player base he has is the same one that left his predecessor, Juan Reynoso, off the bench.
That is why the inexhaustible forwards Paolo Guerrero (40 years old), the team’s top scorer with 40 goals, will once again parade in the team; and Gianluca Lapadula (34), goalkeeper Pedro Gallese (34), defenders Carlos Zambrano (34) and Luis Advíncula (33) and midfielder Christian Cueva (32), among others.
Faces to watch: right winger Joao Grimaldo, 21, a daring striker for Sporting Cristal, defender Oliver Sonne, 23, born in Denmark to a Peruvian mother and right back for Silkeborg IF in that country, and midfielder Piero Quispe, 22 years old from the Pumas of Mexico.
