Peruvian team: Is it possible and necessary to request an urgent replacement from Reynoso? | REPORT

Unlike the last two friendlies, this time Reynoso chose to consolidate a base and not test players. Of course, in front will be two powerful teams. Germany that, beyond her latest World Cup failures, she continues to be one of the best in the world; and the surprising Morocco who finished fourth in Qatar 2022.

Consolidate and not so much test. That quiz; and much higher than the German team (26) that has where to get youth players. For this reason, perhaps, the absences of Piero Quispe, Jairo Concha and Luis Iberico.

“Peru has every chance to qualify for the next World Cup. First, because they have a team for a couple of years with players who have a very important age and number of matches at the national team level and it is a group that has shown a very important union and has shown the ability to reverse any situation.”, Ricardo Gareca pointed out to this newspaper in a recent interview.

For the ‘Tiger’, the Bicolor still has a base team to face the Qualifiers with Gallese, Zambrano, Tapia, Cueva and Lapadula himself. However, the fan calls for a generational change. He demanded it of Ricardo Gareca after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and he does it again now. Is it necessary and possible to order it now? El Comercio spoke with a technician and two renowned scouts to find out his positions.

Is it necessary and possible to order a generational replacement today?

For the national coach, Javier Arce, “generational changes are not abrupt”. That is to say, “it is not that one hundred percent of the squad leaves and new ones enter. In soccer it is considered the moment of the soccer player. It may be that today there are 30-year-old players who are performing better than the youngsters. Or vice versa. It is not about changing for the sake of changing”.

In this sense, the appearances of Bryan Reina either Piero quispe They are the perfect example of what Juan Reynoso, with the innovation of microcycles with players from Liga 1, seeks to generate a replacement but respecting the process. In fact, Jesus Castle (21 years) Sporting Cristal, who made his debut with Ricardo Gareca on the bench, and Percy Lisa (22) He has been summoned by ‘Cabezón’ for these friendlies. Yes, the presence of some players who could give way to some young people is striking.

“I think Reynoso will start the qualifying process with practically the same team that Gareca finished with. The new ones will continue to be summoned and will enter little by little. Five changes can be made, then maybe one or two new ones get 15 or 20 minutes in games. It depends on the rival, the marker, the moment. Most likely, some youngsters will win their place in the last stretch or they will be substitutes who will always end up playing because a competitive squad is needed, that is, a very even starter and substitute. points Victor Zafersonthe discoverer of Gianluca Lapadula.

Adrian Cabrejoscout and founder of Embajadores Criollos, a website that closely follows the news of Peruvian soccer players abroad, affirms that today .

The million dollar question is whether Peruvian soccer has players to make a replacement while respecting the processes. “I believe that more young Under 25 players have appeared who can be serious alternatives, but they are not yet ready to start today. Needs more filming. Bryan Reyna (24 years old), Jostin Alarcón (20), Jairo Concha (23), Adrián Ascues (20), Jesús Castillo (21)…they are names that do tell me that there is a new litter, but they have to consolidate more and if possible emigrate”adds Zaferson.

“I prefer them abroad because one understands that they train at a different pace, at a different intensity and on other courts, which are faster”he pointed Juan Reynoso earlier this month at a press conference. For the coach of the national team, the ideal is for Liga 1 players to emigrate and feed on the demands of high-level football. However, it is not that easy because, according to the scouts, the Peruvian market is not well positioned and the youth players need to be better trained.

For Cabrejo, today there is no “a litter to demand a replacement”. “There are players like Bryan Reyna who will surely make their way, but in general it is not that we lift a stone and several footballers come out to choose from. Training must improve and for that it is necessary to improve the level of competence.

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