Only a few days remain to hear Juan Reynoso’s call for the duels that the Peruvian team will play against Chile and Argentina on the third and fourth days of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
On Monday, October 2, the list of players from the local tournament who will take part in the microcycle will be published, with the coach selecting the chosen ones to join the players active abroad.
Reynoso will have a lot of trouble making the list of footballers playing abroad after Oliver Sonne receives his ID card. This meant that the Silkeborg defender could be called up to the Peruvian team.
On the other hand, the next games of the qualification process could mean the return of some of the usual elements of the Blanquirroja, such as Christian Cueva, Edison Flores, Pedro Aquino, Bryan Reyna and Jhilmar Lora, who were not present in the games against Paraguay and Brazil in the first and second dates.
Juan Reynoso must propose the eleven that wants to achieve victory with a very important defeat against La Roja and Albiceleste. El Cabezón cannot count on André Carrillo, who has to undergo surgery after a thigh injury.
The person responsible for filling the Culebra position would be Luis Advíncula, a player used to playing as a winger for Boca Juniors, while Aldo Corzo will be the right-back.
Another doubt in the national team is Raúl Ruidíaz. The Seattle Sounders striker has a hamstring injury that kept him out of the green team’s last MLS game against the Colorado Rapids.
Luckily, each team has Paolo Guerrero in optimal conditions for the double date, as the Predator just scored yesterday in LDU’s 3-0 win over Defensa y Justicia in the first leg of the South American Cup semi-final.
The Blanquirroja captain demonstrated all his hierarchy by scoring a brace and taking the Ecuadorian team half a foot clear of the final of the continental competition.
At the age of 39, the national striker is doing everything he can to score his first goal in the current World Cup qualifiers, the sixth qualifying game of his professional career.
The Peruvian team will face Chile on Thursday, October 12 at 7:00 p.m. (Peruvian time) at the Monumental Stadium in Santiago. Blanquirroja will then face Argentina on Tuesday, October 17 at 9:00 p.m. (Peruvian time) at the National Stadium in Lima.
It is worth remembering that the Conmebol qualification will award six and a half places for the World Cup in Mexico, the United States and Canada. The national team is in seventh place with one point after the draw against Paraguay and the defeat against Brazil and will fight to repeat the performance achieved in Russia 2018.
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He misses it. Arturo Vidal suffered an injury to the lateral meniscus of his right knee and will not be able to play against Peru.
Return date. Gianluca is accelerating his recovery and will return to Cagliari for the clash against Salernitana on October 22nd.