Luis Advíncula: five answers about his scoring moment in Boca and why he can play up to three different positions in Peru

How did he become an attacker again?

“Advíncula in a cup version”, sums it up by the Argentine journalist Martín Liberman. The newspaper “Olé” qualified him with eight points after his assist and goal against Nacional. “Almirón suggested that he play as a winger. He showed him and Weigandt videos,” Argentine journalist Nicolás Migliavacca told El Comercio about how Lucho became an attacker at times. Against Racing, in May he presented himself like this and gave an assist in that match.

“It was a risk. But she had discussed it with Luis. He got it. He’s very strong,” coach Almirón said at the time about the decision to overtake the Peruvian.

He has three goals this year, all in the Copa Libertadores, his best scoring production since 2010, when with Cristal, playing as an attacker, he scored ten goals.

Why is Advíncula a trend in Argentina?

People talk about Luis Advíncula all the time because, in an effort to believe in winning the seventh Cup, they cling to a curious statistic that says that every time a Boca Juniors defender scored three or more goals in the tournament, they lifted the title , as with Schiavi in ​​2003, Arruabarrena in 2000 and Mouzo in 1977.

Lucho scored against Pereira, Colo Colo and Nacional, all three with his left foot even though he was right-handed. This was highlighted by Conmebol itself with a curious tweet.

“Luis Advíncula, the MOST LEFT-HANDED right-back in the world”, wrote the journalist Pablo Giralt. It is that the confidence that the Peruvian has allows him to finish off with any profile when he is facing the goal.

Is the Peruvian at a better time abroad?

Each Peruvian movement has reactions in Videna and Advíncula’s moment excites for the selection. Lucho is one of the few players with a good presence abroad, something that only happens with Pedro Gallese in Orlando City and Christofer Gonzales, in Saudi Arabia, despite the fact that his team was relegated.

In the big leagues, we only have Renato Tapia left at Celta de España, although last season he ended up being a substitute or playing as a central defender.

The Peruvian attack is the one that has suffered the most. Edison Flores had to return to League 1 due to the lack of continuity in Atlas, Gianluca Lapadula had to undergo surgery and André Carrillo lost his undisputed status in Al Hilal. Now only Paolo Guerrero is active, but he had to leave Racing to play for LDU Quito, where he yesterday managed to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Copa Sudamericana.

For this reason, the Peruvian who currently carries the flag abroad is Luis Advíncula. It is expected that Marco López can consolidate in the Feyenoord of the Netherlands or that some ‘local’ player can emigrate soon, like Bryan Reyna or Piero Quispe.

In how many positions can Advíncula play?

Before the departure of André Carrillo to the Second Division of Saudi Arabia, there are fears for his loss of performance. However, in Boca Advíncula he is also playing as a winger – as in his early days in soccer. It would not be strange for Reynoso to also use him in that location, since in the friendly against Germany he already tested him as a winger-midfielder when he put together a line of five defenders.

“The position where Luis Advíncula is playing is good for the national team coach,” Christian Ramos assured RPP. The Peruvian defender knows Lucho well and knows that he can perform wherever he is placed.

That is to say, Advíncula can play in any position on the right, winger, interior midfielder or winger. And Reynoso likes these types of players.

When does the list of summoned for the debut in the Qualifiers come out?

We are just under a month away from the start of the road to the 2026 World Cup. On September 7, Peru faces Paraguay in Asunción in the debut of the Qualifiers. Then, the 12 receives Brazil in Lima.

Selection manager Antonio García Pye released some details of the upcoming schedule for the Bicolor. “The cards for foreign players will be on Friday the 11th, and the final list will be on the 25th,” said the manager.

Meanwhile, yesterday the date of the third qualifying game was announced. Peru will visit Chile in Santiago on Thursday, October 12 at 7 pm, Peruvian time. The Bicolor will then have to play as a local against Brazil.

In November the double date is played again, this time with Venezuela (Lima) and Bolivia (La Paz) as rivals.

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