Last minute changes in Peru vs. Venezuela on the way to the 2022 World Cup Qatar. This Friday, CONMEBOL reported that two members of the three referees were modified. Of course, the sports institution avoided providing details regarding the decision it has made with the intention of Sunday’s match.
In this way, the Ecuadorian Luis Quiroz (originally appointed the fourth referee) becomes the main one to take the actions of the commitment in the city of Lima and will take the place of his compatriot Guillermo Guerrero. While the space Quiroz left will now be taken over by Franklin Conga.
The rest of the group that will administer justice will be the one initially designated. That is, the attendees are Ecuadorians Byron Romero (Assistant Referee 1), Ricardo Baren (Assistant Referee 2). At the VAR will be Carlos Orbe, who will be accompanied in the cabin of Christian Lescano (AVAR).
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It will be Luis Quiroz’s first experience in a World Cup qualifier. I mentioned he was only on friendly dates as a fourth judge and also led a couple of clashes in the 2019 South American Under-17s and in another he was a fourth official.
A novelty in the white-and-
After a 1-1 draw against Uruguay, the team led by Ricardo Gareca trained this Friday at the VIDENA facilities. The Peruvian team will be able to count on Gianluca Lapadula, who has already met the suspension date.
Renato Tàpia and Sergio Peña made sense of the game against the ‘charrúas’ and underwent tests to know in more detail the status of each. If they do not intervene inconveniently, the midfielders should be against Vinotinto.
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Changes in Venezuela
The llanero cast fell 3-1 against Argentina at home and on top of that lost two important men. Defender José Manuel Velázquez suffered from an Achilles tendon rupture in his left ankle. Also, center Adrián Martínez was sent off for a terrible foul against Lionel Messi.
Faced with the emergency due to casualties, the interim coach, Leonardo González, called the player Francisco La Mantia as you look at the commitments against Peru (Sunday 5) and Paraguay (Thursday 9).