This Tuesday, December 5th, José Guillermo del Solar announced the list of those summoned Peruvian U23 team for the Venezuela 2024 Olympic qualification. “Chemo” explained that a large part of the squad will consist of players under the age of 20, as several clubs did not want to give up the players he had in mind.
With this in mind, in this note we tell you about the strong starting team of the Bicolor that the national strategist could put together if the national and foreign clubs do not hinder him.
The strong 11 that the Peruvian U23 team was able to put together
The bow of the Peruvian U23 team It would be occupied by Diego Romero, who was a regular at Universitario de Deportes. The defense would consist of Marco Huamán of Sport Huancayo; Leonardo Diaz of Sporting Cristal; Matías Lazo and Paolo Reyna, both from FBC Melgar.
In midfield, Gil Vicente’s Jesús Castillo; Catriel Cabellos from Racing and Piero Quispe would be the starters. Finally, Blanquirroja could have a strong attacking trident with Cristal’s Joao Grimaldo, Melgar’s Kenji Cabrera and Sport Boys’ Fabrizio Roca.
In addition, as alternatives José Guillermo “Chemo” del Solar He could count on Jostin Alarcón, Adrián Ascues, Gonzalo Aguirre, Alfonso Barco from Defensor Sporting, Alessandro Burlamaqui from Intercity of Spain, Anderson Villacorta and Dieter Vásquez.
- Diego Romero, Marco Huamán, Matías Lazo, Leonardo Díaz, Paolo Reyna, Jesús Castillo, Catriel Cabellos, Piero Quispe, Joao Grimaldo, Kenji Cabrera and Fabrizio Roca.
What did “Chemo” del Solar say about being called up for the Peru U23 national team?
At a press conference José Guillermo del Solar raised his voice in protest at the complications he encountered in assembling the team Peruvian U23 team on the way to the 2024 Pre-Olympics.
“Then comes the big problem that I still face today. The Pre-Olympics is not a tournament organized by FIFA, the big problem we have is that clubs are not obliged to loan out their players. In all this time I have done this. I have started to have contact with teams, not only from Peru but also from abroad, where there are under 23 footballers who can join our team. With some I have had a good reception and others have told me directly that they do not loan out their players and are not obliged to loan them out,” he said.