Scaloni on the Peruvian national team: “It is not a team that is used to going backwards”

There is confidence in the internal for the good moment of the selection. However, Lionel Scaloni described as “hard” what they will face during Peru vs. Argentina on the 12th date of the Qualifiers. In the anteroom, the coach referred to the team trained by Ricardo Gareca and highlighted the strengths with which they will arrive at the Monumental de River Plate stadium.

“I think it is a difficult match”, said the 43-year-old DT. Right away, the Albiceleste coach gave solid arguments to think that the clash against Blanquirroja will have complications. “Peru is a fairly clear team: they play the ball well, they have good foot players and at times possession can be disputed”he explained.

“Although they have their casualties, they have been working together for a long time and in the midfield they have a good footing. It is not a team that is used to getting back, it is a team that faces games in the same way”added Scaloni at the usual press conference before the national team’s commitments.

At another time, the coach of Argentina went back to the immediate past and mentioned the match against the Peruvian team on the way to Russia 2018. In 2017, the cast led by ‘Tigre’ Gareca arrived in Buenos Aires with chances to go to the World Cup. So, the Bicolor worked hard to leave La Bombonera with a point after a zero to zero.

“In the previous tie, when we had to win to go to the World Cup, they came and played their game and I would tell you that they practically preserve that way of playing. We could win that game, we could also even lose. It is a team that is always trying to attack, it does not feel like getting behind. Obviously they will have their nuances because we are doing well, but their way of playing is quite clear “, he pointed.

He did not advance the eleven

In the anteroom it was known that Scaloni thinks about making changes in relation to what he sent against Paraguay in Asunción and against Uruguay in Buenos Aires. The DT will wait until the last training session to make a decision. In this sense, he avoided overtaking the starting team that will jump onto the field.

“The team still can’t pass it, but it will be more or less in line with what we have been doing in the last two games, with some tweaking that we could do “, he expressed. Of course, thinking of Peru and the rest of the tests that lie ahead, he stated that “The idea is always the same: try to improve depending on the rival”, Hill.

The probable eleven against Peru

Emiliano Martínez, in goal; Cristian Romero and Nicolás Otamendi, in defense; Rodrigo De Paul, in the middle sector; Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martínez, up front: they are the fixed men for the strategist of the Argentine team.

Gonzalo Montiel or Nahuel Molina, Marcos Acuña or Nicolás Tagliafico, on the right and left bands, respectively, are some of the DT’s doubts. While Leandro Paredes and Giovani Lo Celso must accompany De Paul. Between Nicolás González and Ángel Di María comes the companion of Leo and the ‘Toro’.