Gianluca Lapadula will be the big absentee Two Tone in the first friendly that Juan Reynoso’s side will play in Asia. The Peruvian Football Federation reported that the forward won’t start training until Saturday in Japan, so he won’t feature on Friday against South Korea.
“The Peru Football Federation announces that the selected Gianluca Lapadula will attend the bicolor training sessions on Saturday 17th of this year in the city of Osaka, where the second friendly match against Japan will be played,” FPF reported.
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Lapadula played for Cagliari on Sunday in the game that saw his side earn promotion to the Italian league Serie A of Italy.
It should be noted that the team continued their training sessions in Seoul on Tuesday. At the request of the technical command, four Goyang FC players took part in the training session. On Thursday afternoon, the team will travel from Seoul to Busan, the venue for the first friendly of this FIFA event.
Gianluca Lapadula will not be present for the game against South Korea. Photo: spread
Who spoke to the press people was Christian Cueva. The midfielder denied that there had been a dispute between two team players a year ago after they failed to qualify for the World Cup. “I want to be clear, there was never an argument with anyone,” said the Alianza Lima player.
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Commenting on Paolo Guerrero’s return, he said: “It’s a pleasure for us to see him again, like all our team-mates. We are all here to compete for a position.”