Paolo Guerrero and what he worked in silence to return to the Peruvian team

His fighting spirit led him to a return as a starter at the age of 39 and with a good performance against South Korea, where he not only generated the Peruvian goal with his assists, but also had a couple of chances and in general, his game contributed that for Peru to dominate especially the first half.

They tell us that I don’t work with a particular psychologist, since he is his own critic and his strength lies in the fact that he knows how to identify his virtues and from them build the player he is today.

“I felt good, very loose. I would have wanted to score a goal, which is what I like, but when Peru wins I’m very happy”, assured Paolo Guerrero himself after the 70 minutes he played against South Korea. It was his first game in the era of the new Bicolor coach, since the scorer had not played for Peru since October 2021, in the national victory over Chile in Lima.

REYNOSO’S WORD

Comercio learned two key things first-hand, what Reynoso asked Paolo Guerrero when they met in Buenos Aires on May 27 on the coach’s tour visiting players from the squad, and the work that the attacker does in Racing to be at the pair of young talents that The Academy has.

Juan Reynoso asked him to get well, that it was important that he continue adding minutes, but above all they gave him a clue: “Don’t hurry.” The technical command of the Peruvian team knows about the steps that Guerrero was taking and they confirmed it with the data of how he is training that Racing shared.

That is why there was no doubt in calling him back. “One who follows him, who has gone to see him train, understands why he is back, although sometimes people are surprised. His teammates have now seen it, ”Reynoso had said before the meeting.

Although Paolo Guerrero came to this call-up playing an average of 42 minutes, it can be said that he was present in 19 games. That is to say, Fernando Gago knows that he can count on him, even for a few minutes.

JOBS IN THE ACADEMY

Reynoso was able to find out more about Paolo in Racing. Total Sport was also able to find out how the attacker works in the Argentine team. From Avellaneda they tell us that he works without problems alongside his colleagues, competing hand in hand for the position. In addition, they tell us that he is the last to leave training because he works a minimum of one hour in the gym after the day’s practices.

Paolo Guerrero has put his professionalism above all else. He wants his image to be a reference for the rest and his name to remain competitive, as he himself said when he arrived in South Korea. At 39 years old, he wants to continue telling the time.

In practice, Paolo Guerrero focuses a lot on individual work with shots on goal and even practices taking free kicks – we have seen him take some free kicks in the Copa Libertadores and before at Inter. While in the gym he works a lot on the legs.

We know that Paolo Guerrero has come from a severe knee injury since August 2020. When he wanted to return, it got complicated and he suffered at Inter and Avaí. That is why the advice of the technical command of the team was that he not hurry. And that is why the attacker works the extremities where he had the most problems.

Clearly, the nutritional part and the game with the ball work a lot, but Paolo Guerrero wants to be at 100% physically. He knows that he has the technique to be able to fight against any rival, but he also wants to be strong to withstand the demands, especially the Qualifiers.