Álvaro Gutiérrez was a guest on a radio program in his country and spoke about the new clash between the Peruvian and Uruguayan national team for the qualifiers Qatar 2022. The coach of Universitario de Deportes stated the difficult task that Gianluca Lapadula has to replace Paolo Guerrero in the 'bicolor'.
“Peru is very strong as a team. It may not have the individualities that Uruguay has, but it is strong because of its seven-year process. Peru knows what the coach wants to play and there are results,” he said for Sport 890.
“Peru is going to go out and try to win the match, without a doubt, but I do think it will be a little more measured in the approach because it knows that Uruguay has good players and is on its court. Uruguay is going to go out looking for the result,” he added.
Gutiérrez told how the preview of the penultimate commitment of the 'white-roja' is lived in Peru in this qualifying process. “Here they are with all the motivation to get a good result and get into the direct classification or go to the repechage. They are very motivated. I'm not much for watching TV or sports programs, but on the street you can feel the atmosphere.”
“I know that they are happy with him and that it is not easy because he has to replace Paolo Guerrero, the historical goal scorer of the Peruvian national team, a class A player,” he replied when asked about Gianluca Lapadula.