Possible alignment of Peru vs. Panama for friendly

Peru and Honduras meet this Thursday at the National Stadium. The friendly match will serve as a dress rehearsal for Ricardo Gareca, strategist of the Peruvian team, who wants to qualify directly for Qatar and fine-tune details for the next qualifying duels.

The ‘Blanquirroja’ finished 2021 in the play-off zone in the qualifying round and needs to add away from home to continue fighting for its place in the World Cup.

Peru-Colombia will be played on Friday, January 28, starting at 4:00 in the afternoon (Peruvian and Colombian time) at the Metropolitan Stadium in Barranquilla.

The coffee squad is currently fourth with 17 points, the same score as Peru, but has a better goal difference.

Gareca will not be able to count on Miguel Trauco and Luis Advíncula in Barranquilla, who are suspended for accumulating yellow cards after being booked against Venezuela. For this reason, the ‘Tiger’ would line up Marcos López and Aldo Corzo as starters this Sunday against Panama in the Nacional.

The surprise of the bicolor strategist in the friendly against the ‘canaleros’ would be Jesús Castillo, Sporting Cristal midfielder, who is emerging as the starter for the preparation duel after leaving good impressions in Videna.

After facing Colombia as a visitor, the Peruvian team will close the first double date of the year at home against Ecuador. Then it will collide against Uruguay in Montevideo and against Paraguay in Lima.

Colombia, under the technical direction of Reinaldo Rueda, will face Argentina, Bolivia and Venezuela after receiving Peru.

Possible alignment of Peru against Panama

• Pedro Gallese; Aldo Corzo, Christian Ramos, Alexander Callens, Marcos López; Jesús Castillo, Yoshimar Yotún, Sergio Peña; Andy Polo, Edison Flores and Alex Valera.