Ben Brereton, the Chilean goal card that will meet the weakest part of Peru that Zambrano must reinforce

The best news that the Chilean team has received in recent months has been the decision of Ben Brereton to play for La Roja. The attacker born in England to a Chilean mother is absolute with the Southerners since May of this year, such as Gianluca Lapadula with the peruvian team, although this one joined the Bicolor in 2020.

Ben Brereton comes to Peru vs Chile in a spectacular streak that he intends to extend with the Chilean team. This Saturday he scored his tenth goal with Blackburn Rovers in the 2-1 fall against Blackpool, in the Championship (Second in England), and is one of the tournament’s top scorers with 10 goals, like the Serbian Mitrovic, attacker of the Fulham,

What is redeemable is that Brereton does not play 9. He is more of a winger on the left – Tyrhys Dolan is the striker – and despite this he has more goals than his attacking center. That is to say, it will be a constant danger due to the band that Luis Advíncula defends and the area where Carlos Zambrano should enter instead of Anderson Santamaría.

Brereton in the Copa América shared attack with Eduardo Vargas when they played with two attackers and Carlos Palacios or César Pinares joined if they attacked with three up. , another of the scorers he has and who stands out in the MLS.

“Chile does not have another forward with those characteristics. He is a pointer and sometimes used as a center forward ”, says Rodrigo Fuentealba, from La Tercera de Chile. For the press man, the great problem of his selection is the elaboration of attack plays and when these arrive, he fails “in the settlement”. Now, with the return of Alexis Sánchez, he hopes that the connection between his flyers and his attackers will reappear.

-He can also be located on the right since he is right-handed-, he is a player who always seeks to get to the inside, that is, he uses the diagonals a lot to connect with either the incoming midfielders or with the attacker waiting in the area.

He is always looking to uncheck, the opponent’s back, so both the side and the marker in that area must be aware of his movements.

. He’s fast, he’s 1.85m tall. and at 22 years old, he wants to give everything for his team.

If there is a weak part in Peru’s defensive scheme, it is precisely the right zone. On the other hand, with Alexander Callens and Marcos López, certain security has been achieved since they are players who do not complicate their actions, are fast and cover their lines well.

However, on the right is Ricardo Gareca’s headache. Santamaría has not responded as he would like, Zambrano comes without activity in Boca Juniors, Advíncula with a very discreet performance in the xeneize box, while his substitute, Jhilmar Lora, barely adds minutes with the Bicolor.

More attack

But it is not only about controlling Ben Brereton, but also the aforementioned Felipe Mora, who this season has scored eleven goals for Portland in MLS, being only six goals behind DC United’s Kamara and five from Peru’s Raúl Ruidíaz. , who has 16 goals for Seattle in 25 games.

Felipe Mora was called up for the last Copa América, but did not add any minute with La Roja, something that was highly criticized in Chile due to the little offensive production they had. Today, he is a starter at his club and in the absence of Eduardo Vargas, he must be the tip that Martín Lasarte is betting on.

Those are the scoring weapons of the Chilean team. From Peru, it is already known the performance that Ruidíaz has been having in the MLS, second scorer with 16 goals, while Gianluca Lapadula has started Italy’s Serie B on the right foot, since he has 4 goals with Benevento, only one less than the long list of scorers of the contest.