'Chorri' Palacios analysed Peru vs Uruguay and warned that Gianluca Lapadula can't miss

Roberto Palacios, a benchmark for the Peruvian national team in past qualifying processes, was in a recent interview and analyzed Peru vs Uruguay for South American Qualifiers heading to Qatar 2022. The 'Chorr' analysed the match and talked about some players, especially Gianluca Lapadula, who for him is a must in this crucial match.

“For this match the one who cannot miss is Lapadula, because right now we don't have a striker with the ability of Guerrero or Farfan. Lapadula has the post secured. In the midfield, practically the coach already has his team, he already knows who to play with, they already know each other, and for that part there is not much difficulty, because if Sergio Peña is not there, Raziel, 'Canchita', told Depor ExSporting Cristal.

In addition, he said that this duel will be very similar to the one played in Barranquilla. “The expectation for all Peruvians is that Peru can have the strength to face a tough match against Uruguay, which is also being played the qualifying. It's not going to be such an easy rival. It's going to be practically like it was against Colombia, that we were looking for a draw and we found a win”,

On the other hand, he commented on what the 'bicolor' should do to get a positive result. “What Peru needs is to hold the first 15 minutes, because Uruguay is going to go out to score the goal. The national team has to be very smart and take the ball away. To make Uruguay not have it, they will despair when they don't find the spaces and not have the ball.”

Let us remember that Peru and Uruguay will meet on March 24 from 06:30pm (Peruvian time) at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, which will have a full stadium after all tickets have been sold. Then the 'blanquirroja' will play Paraguay in Lima on March 29.

'CHORRI' PALACES ON PAOLO GUERRERO

The current situation of Paolo Guerrero is something that worries everyone. The Peruvian has not played since the match with Chile for South American Qualifiers and does not have a club at the moment. Roberto Palacios talked about his current affairs and expressed his regret for not seeing him play.

“The truth is that it's a shame, it's not that he doesn't have a team because he's a bad footballer, on the contrary, we all admire him, we know his ability, but his injury doesn't allow him to be 100%. He has to be good to play and the teams are not going to hire someone with an injury, no one risks and even more so when you are at a big age, he is 38 years old. It's a shame not to see him play his last years with the white roja”, commented the former LDU of Quito.

PERU IN QATAR 2022 QUALIFIERS

The Peruvian national team finished in the repechage zone with 21 points after a 1-1 draw with Ecuador at the Nacional. This allowed him to be calmer, but he should not be trusted because Chile, his top pursuer, has 19 units.

Ricardo Gareca and company's first challenge is against Uruguay. The match is scheduled for next Thursday, March 24 at 18:30 (Peruvian time) at Centenario Stadium, which will not have much presence of fans of the 'bicolor' due to the increase in ticket prices. Peru has not beats Uruguay in visiting condition since June 2, 2004. At that time, the 'everyone's team' beat the Uruguayans 3-1 with goals from Nolberto Solano, Claudio Pizarro and Jefferson Farfan.

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