André Carrillo: the route to become one of the Peruvians with the most titles abroad

With the victory against Colombia and the draw against Ecuador in his memory, and he looks at it in Uruguay and Paraguay, the last rivals of Peru in the playoffs; Andre Carrillo packed his bags, flew to the Middle East and almost without rest he will dress in shorts to play the Club World Cup. El Al Hilal, Peruvian team, will face Al Jazira this Sunday (11:30 am)excluding Jefferson Farfán, in the second round of the tournament.

The Saudi squad qualified for the tournament for the second time in recent years (2019 was the first time) after winning the Asian Champions League last November. The ‘Culebra’ did not participate in the final of said championship, but he has been summoned for this contest that takes place in the United Arab Emirates.

It will be the second time that Carrillo will play the Club World Cup. The first was in 2019, an edition in which they fell in the semifinals against Flamengo from Brazil, champion of America at the time. The national end played two games and could not score a goal. He now he is going for his revenge.

want more titles

It will be extremely complicated, but Carrillo will look for a new title to continue climbing in the table of Peruvians with more championships abroad. If he manages to beat Al Jazeera, he will face Chelsea in the semis, one of the most powerful clubs in the world. In case of beating the ‘Blues’, Al Hilal will collide with the winner of Palmeiras (two-time champion of America) and Al Ahly of Egypt in the grand final to be played on February 12.

At the moment, André has twelve titles and is in second place (along with Jefferson Farfan) from the table of Peruvians with the most cups abroad. The ‘Culebra’ is still far from Claudio pizarrowho won 19 trophies in more than two decades playing in Europe, all with German clubs: 17 with Bayern Munich and two with Werder Bremen.

The ‘Bombardier of the Andes’, among the many titles he has, also won a Club World Cup and one Intercontinentalprevious format in which the champion of the Libertadores faced the champion of the Champions League.