The last minute surprise in Ricardo Gareca’s eleven for Peru vs. Ecuador

One last rehearsal is never too much. Ricardo Gareca knows that very well. The technician of the peruvian national team took advantage of the morning to do a tactical review in the Videna de San Luis at Peru vs. Ecuador, a key meeting for the Qatar 2022 Qualifying.

Matchday 16 will be played, there are three finals left – counting this one – and the ‘Tiger’ does not want to leave a single detail to chance. He has cabals, but he is not carried away by luck. Especially if it is about looking for the replacement of the suspended christian cave, perhaps the most influential footballer of the Blanquirroja on this road to Qatar. ‘Aladino’, with five goals and one assist, participated in 18 of the 20 points that Bicolor has.

Observing the position table and making quick calculations, it can be said that the team with 26 points would ensure the playoff and would have a high chance of qualifying directly. In the absence of nine, taking into account that the next rival will be Uruguay in Montevideo, this Tuesday no other result is worth other than the three points.

Gone is the streak that Peru has in the Gareca era over Ecuador -undefeated in the five games in official tournaments they played-, starting at 9 at night, the eleven that the coach will send will have to seek victory. Who will be the headlines? The ‘Tiger’ gave some clues with two names that are very surprising.

Raziel García gets into eleven

Last Monday, Ricardo Gareca worked with two teams. Beyond the return of Luis Advíncula and Miguel Trauco, who were not before Colombia due to suspension, the novelty was the inclusion of Raziel Garcia in the first eleven. The now Tolima player from Colombia stood in the space left by Christian Cueva. In the next eleventh it was Christofer Gonzáles who occupied that place.

He is not yet one hundred percent decided – the ‘Tiger’ usually waits until the last minute – but all the clues indicate that García aims to be Cueva’s replacement.

The exCienciano, who debuted with the senior team in the America Cup At 27 years old, he has the imbalance of ‘Aladdin’, the filtered pass and a very good long-distance shot. However, it has an outstanding debt with the route and the brand. Precisely there the concern arises, since Gonzalo Plata, the fast Ecuadorian winger, will attack from the band in which he will be (left).

Ormeño for Lapadula?

Another of the surprises in the last training sessions of the Peruvian team has been the inclusion of Santiago Ormeno instead of Gianluca Lapadula in the starting eleven. The Italian-Peruvian continues with the damage caused by the blows to the wall in the duel against Colombia and for this reason he has worked outside the group in recent days.

“It is a bit difficult to comment on an injury that you see in a photo. But what I can tell you is that there you can see that it is a deviation of the nasal septum. He had a previous injury right there a few months ago and ended up wearing that mask.”, explained to DT El Comercio the former team doctor, Julio Grados. In fact, the Bicolor medical area recommended that the attacker not play tonight.

Although the attacker from Benevento will be waited until the last minute, if he does not arrive, the one who starts the owner against Ecuador would be Ormeño, a 27-year-old Mexican-Peruvian attacker who has barely played eight games with the Blanquirroja, none of them as starters. They have been 106 minutes that he played, almost always entering in the last stretch of a match.