Peru vs. Colombia: the heat of Barranquilla and the disadvantage of working days for the game against Ecuador

The president of the Colombian Football Federation surprised everyone by announcing that Colombia will host the peruvian team on Friday, January 28, one day after the date that is going to be played on the 15th of Qualifying Qatar 2022.

The reason was given by the manager himself, Ramón Jesurún, who highlighted the importance of the match against Peru, therefore, they considered that it is better “to have one more day of preparation.” They consider the duel against the Bicolor vital, since the coffee growers are fourth in the table and the Blanquirroja marches in the fifth box.

As is known, the clubs are obliged to lend to their players from Monday the 24th and with the long flights, a South American team can only have their full squad on Wednesday to play Thursday. For this reason, Colombia scheduled the duel for Friday, to be able to work one more day. Thus, Peru will also have one more day of work to prepare the trip to Barranquilla.

However, the consequences could be noticed on date 16 against Ecuador in Lima .. Considering that he plays on Friday 28 in Barranquilla in the afternoon, he would be returning that day at night to Lima.

It will be one less day of rest and work compared to Ecuador, considering the requirement that they will have to play in the heat of Barranquilla, the losses that may be due to suspension – up to 14 players are in chapel and if they are reprimanded in Colombia, they will not play against Ecuador – in addition to the wear and tear of traveling at dawn.

Ecuador, for its part, will have one more day to recover from its match against Brazil that must be played in Quito on Thursday 27. Considering the quality of the rival, the Northerners could give their main figures a rest against the ‘Scratch’ to come to Lima for giving the blow.

The Peruvian team will have to carry their entire arsenal to Barranquilla and in Lima only Luis Advíncula and Miguel Trauco would remain, the wingers who are suspended for the duel against Colombia due to the accumulation of yellow cards. , as Gareca used to do on certain dates when he needed to fine-tune tactical details.

The advantage that Ricardo Gareca will have is that he hopes to have a large universe to be able to face the wear and tear left by the duel against Colombia, since he will play two friendlies against Panama and Jamaica in January. From there local names will come out that should give that oxygen to the Bicolor in case the little margin that there is between the two parties requires it.