The Orlando City midfielder referenced the Bicolor’s captaincy following the return of the “Predator.”
Last Friday, June 2nd, Juan Reynoso unveiled the list of those summoned Peruvian team to face South Korea and Japan in friendly matches in June. In this payslip Paul Guerrero, who returns to bicolor after more than a year and a half. Given that Wilder Cartagena Since then, it has designated who should wear the captain’s armband in the next duels of the Blanquirroja Pedro Gallese is who used it recently.
“Gallese has to hand over the captaincy (to Guerrero) and he knows it. He coped well, but Paolo is a benchmark, a national idol and he will always be our captain,” the Orlando City soccer player said in an interview for La Bola Sport.
The international midfielder is also among the players ‘Cabezón’ mentions for this Asian tour of Peru. The “6” has shown continuity this season in MLS, where he has played 855 minutes in 12 official games and worked with one assist.
Peru national team: squad list
In all, Juan Reynoso called up 25 footballers to the Peru team for the Asia friendly. The biggest absences include André Carrillo, Renato Tapia and Raúl Ruidíaz.
- Archers: Pedro Gallese, Jose Carvallo and Carlos Cáceda.
- Defense: Luis Advíncula, Carlos Zambrano, Miguel Araujo, Jhilmar Lora, Miguel Trauco, Marcos López, Luis Abram, Alexander Callens, Anderson Santamaría
- Midfield player: Yoshimar Yotun, Christofer Gonzales, Jesús Castillo, Edison Flores, Sergio Peña, Andy Polo, Pedro Aquino, Wilder Cartagena, Christian Cueva
- Forward: Gianluca Lapadula, Paolo Guerrero, Alex Valera, and Bryan Reyna.