“Lapadula’s ankle, Zambrano’s hamstrings and Cueva’s irreducible abdomen, Juan Reynoso’s nightmares”

The ‘Kaiser’ was already wrapped in cotton in this Alliance with more nursing dramas than Grey’s Anatomy, but its tear has been more devastating than the death of Dr. Mc Dreamy. We are not talking about any two players, but about key starters, with almost no substitutes: one the leader of the rear; the other, the call to score the goals.

Diego Rebagliati said that, if he wanted to, the ‘Cabezón’ could repeat in Asunción between eight and ten of the eleven players who took the field against Australia in the World Cup in Russia. And he commented on it with a critical spirit, remarking how badly we have worked in the production of new figures. We have a very short squad that limps at the first puncture.

The few lights that shine in our very powerful League 1 barely overshadow our thirty-year-old headlines who, as is the case with alexander callens in Girona, they are not even indisputable in their clubs.

the ankle of lapadulathe hamstrings of the Carlos Zambrano and the irreducible abdomen of christian cave They must be part of the national team coach’s worst nightmares.

There is no other option, then, than to go to Paraguay with all the bullets that we have at hand; the second because he does not shy away from the responsibility of becoming the driver of a team with as many gallons as Universitario. But there is no way to compare a recital on a well-known field and with a friendly audience, with wearing the rojiblanca on the chest risking the pass to a World Cup. Same goes for Brian Reyna, a major if somewhat rustic gem, owner of a fire-producing gambeta.

It will be necessary to play it for them and resort to what is known, even to the resisted as Sergio Pena, and those we gave up as lost like Paolo Guerrero. In this corner, I wrote months ago, saddened by the sad spectacle of him in the Avai, that on the 9th he had to hang up his chimpunes. His time at Racing was not the best either, despite the respect he earned among the fans of the academy and the three goals he was able to shout. Today he moves more slowly, he no longer reaches those balls that he used to reach with ease, but he keeps his quality intact and is a good manager of wisdom. I don’t know if Reynoso will consider him starting against the Paraguayans, but in these times of emergency, Paolo has to be there.

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