Peru and the decisive dates of Qualifiers: Who will be the first players to join the team?

There is no time to rest. The festive dates of the end of the year are approaching, the end of the season is already a fact in several parts of the world, but the work must continue. Especially in the peruvian team, which has very important challenges at the beginning of 2022 and will fight to achieve a new World Cup dream.

The ‘Blanquirroja’ training sessions will resume sooner rather than later. In fact, as early as the fortnight of December, various national team players will start with a work plan in Videna for the last qualifying matches to be played in January, February and March.

This was confirmed by Néstor Bonillo, physical trainer of the national team, who gave all the details of what this preparation will be since December at the Videna sports field in an interview with DirecTV Sports.

The first to join

The regular season of Major League Soccer (MLS) came to an end in this month of November with some Peruvian soccer players as protagonists. However, there is a compatriot who is still in the race: Alexander Callens.

The New York City center-back has a conference final scheduled for December 5 and, if he wins it, he will contest the MLS title on December 11. In this context, his integration to the national team will not be as immediate, as it will happen with his other teammates in the US league.

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After them will be joined by Pedro Gallese, who has assumed the role of captain of the national team in the last matches of the Playoffs. Thus, the four footballers mentioned will get ready for the next challenges, but they will not be alone.

. This, with the exception of the footballers of Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal, who recently ended the season with two finals played.

In that sense, players like José Carvallo, Carlos Cáceda, Aldo Corzo, Christian Ramos, Raziel García and Alex Valera will be ready to join the work of the national team as soon as possible. While Horacio Calcaterra, Christofer Gonzáles, Ángelo Campos, Jefferson Farfán, among other rimenses and blue and white considered by Gareca, will join a few days later.

The friendly preparation

In addition to the physical and tactical work in the Videna,.

At the end of the first month of the year 2022 and at the beginning of February, the ‘Blanquirroja’ will play key matches for the World Cup qualification against Colombia when visiting and against Ecuador at home. Therefore, before taking on these matches, it is necessary to measure the performance of the players.

A few days ago, Juan Carlos Oblitas, sports director of the FPF assured that there are many possibilities of playing a friendly match against Panama, a team that is also fighting for a ticket to Qatar 2022. The other rival would also be Concacaf, but it has not been confirmed yet.

“The friendly match with Panama is quite advanced. It is almost certain and it is a big possibility that it will be Sunday, January 16. We are seeing another possible friendly match also from Concacaf, but I prefer not to get ahead of myself “Oblitas said in a dialogue with the radio program Fútbol Como Cancha.

Everything is being ready for the Peruvian team in these important months. Currently, the ‘Blanquirroja’ occupies the repechage position (5th), but with very little difference over her followers in the table. One misstep can be final. However, hopes are not lost. And, although we closed the year well, there is still a lot to work on. And that is what will be done.