With a team without experience in First Division and several Sub 18s: What awaits Chemo’s Sub 23s in the Pre-Olympic without their figures | REPORT

said José del Solar, the head of the FPF’s Minor Technical Unit who took command of the Sub 23 at the request of the former coach of the senior team, Juan Reynoso.

According to Chemo, there are eight players he would have liked to take to Venezuela: Joao Grimaldo and Jostin Alarcon of Cristal; Catriel Cabellos of Alliance; Matias Lazo and Kenji Cabrera from Melgar; Piero Quispe from Pumas of Mexico; Jesus Castillo by Gil Vicente of Portugal and Alfonso Ship of Defensor Sporting of Uruguay.

“It was the opportunity to form a team with fully established players in the First Division such as Joao Grimaldo and Piero Quispe and others who play abroad. The strength of the players that Del Solar will take is the time spent working with the coach, but in terms of experience and individual quality I think there is a big difference with several of those who were not loaned by the clubs.”analyzes Adrián Cabreros, founder of the remembered Embajadores Criollos page.

The coach, then, made the decision to call a base of players who could be in the South American Sub 20 next year. That is why it is not surprising that 8 of the 23 called up have not debuted or have only one game in the first division.

“Between 18 and 20 years old, a player should have about 60 games. In the analysis it is measured by minutes. But a good footballer, 18 years old, should have at least ten games in the first or second division.”, analyzes Víctor Zaferson, renowned Peruvian scout. The outlook is not encouraging at all.

What awaits us?

Located in Group B along with Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile; Peru will debut tomorrow (3 pm) in the Pacific classic. Due to its poor results in previous tournaments, it is the team chosen to play four games in a row and rest only on the last date. That is, the coach will have to rotate a squad that lacks figures.

says Adrián Cabrejos.

With a depleted team, but with players with projection like Ian Wisdom, Bassco Soyer (from whom a lot is expected despite being 18 years old), Juan Pablo Goicochea and Víctor Guzmán (followed by Estudiantes de La Plata from Argentina); Solar Chemo will use the tournament for its team to gain experience with a view to the South American Under 20 of 2025. The last time we attended the Olympic Games was in 1960, 64 years ago, and there is no panorama that allows us to dream of a classification, although in In football, miracles exist.

“I want to see the evolution of Bassco Soyer. I saw him in the Sub 17 in Ecuador, I thought it was interesting from what I saw, but it didn’t convince me. I love how much it has grown since then.. He already played in Alianza in Primera and I saw him more confident in the friendlies. I look forward to seeing him against stronger rivals”says Zaferson about Soyer, the Alianza Lima soccer player.

“It is an opportunity for several boys who have been working with me since May with the Under 18s.”Del Solar said. The technical director tries to bring out the positive. Although the possible eleven mostly has players over 20 years old, those who will be on the bench are Under 18 category. And it is the latter who will have to play on the following dates due to a rotation issue. La Bicolor will play four games in ten days. Chemo will need everyone.