The Peruvian National Team has the second most beaten arc in the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers, with just one game out of 9 played where it could stay with the undefeated goal, which requires an observation in a key area for the team: the central saga.
Ricardo Gareca began working with the sights set on Qatar since October last year, when pre-globalist competition was launched. From here Peru played 16 games, all of an official nature, which highlights a fact that reflects the needs of the coach to find answers in his defense. The ‘Tiger’ shaped the bottom line in 9 different ways.
The changes in the central saga of Peru
The first duo he commanded Ricardo Gareca it was the one that was already accumulating a working time. Carlos Zambrano i Luis Abram they started against Paraguay and Brazil in Lima, but the expulsion of the player of Mouth took to a variant in the following date.
Miguel Araujo accompanied to Abram against Chile in Santiago, but trainer showed preference days later for Anderson Santamaría against Argentina as the right defender.
Ricardo Gareca did not call more to Zambrano, but it bet by the return of Christian Ramos, Who was a starter alongside Luis Abram in the defeat to Colombia and the victory in Quito.
The Copa America arrived and the strategist opted to hold a double in his debut with Brazil, with a 4-0 thrashing against. Gareca chose to cut all seven games in a row as Abram’s starter and sent to Alexander Callens as Rams’ companion to Colombia and Ecuador.
The player of Vallejo was suspended and by him Araujo entered before Venezuela. In the quarterfinals with Paraguay Ramos returned and Santamaría went to the left due to injury Callens. The semifinal with the ‘Scratch’ showed the commitment of the technical command for the line of three with Santamaría, Ramos and Callens (only kept for 45 ‘) and in the game for third place was joined for the first time in Anderson Santamaría (right) and Alexander Callens (left).
This final image was sustained on the triple date of September, with Santamaría and Callens initiating actions against Uruguay, Venezuela and Brazil.
Santamaría – Callens, the pair more times titular
Although in the recent encounters they registered his first appearances like titular pair, Anderson Santamaría and Alexander Callens they have been the duo of power stations that Ricardo Gareca repeated the most since 2020 (4). The balance is two defeats, one win and one draw; with 6 goals against.
Then there is the pairing of Christian Ramos and Luis Abram, who in three appearances have accumulated two defeats and one victory, with 8 goals conceded.
Abram, Santamaría and Callens, who played the most
In this period of meetings of the Peruvian Selection, there is a triple tie between the central defenses that more times began the actions. Luis Abram, Anderson Santamaría and Alexander Callens started 7 times, all being part of the call since 2020. Then Christian Ramos appears in 6 games in the title.
The one indicated in the recent triple date is Anderson Santamaría, by the insistence to prioritize the controlled ball to its field, that in these occasions got to move in goals against. However, the development of the Atlas footballer’s decisions could also show why the coach would evaluate changes.
Due to their ability to anticipate the rival, Santamaría constantly represented the high block of the defense of Peru on the middle of the field, which generated open field spaces and rivals sought the pass in depth. Here Alexander Callens highlighted when he had to develop his speed to intercept.
Chile in Lima, Bolivia in La Paz and Argentina of Lionel Messi are the next rivals of the Peruvian Selection and with only weeks of intermediate Ricardo Gareca would evaluate changes (in Santamaría it removed it to half-time in Recife).
Callens in MLS has pace, as do Ramos in Vallejo and Santamaría in Atlas. Luis Abram is struggling to add continuity to Granada in Spain and Miguel Araujo will start playing for FC Emmen. Carlos Zambrano, meanwhile, is a substitute for Boca Juniors and since last July he has only had action twice, which complicates his return to the squad.
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