Diego Rebagliati spoke about the friendly of the Peruvian team with Germany.
The Peruvian team completed its second training session at Real Madrid’s Ciudad Deportiva and it is getting closer and closer to playing again. His first big challenge will be against Germany, with which he will star in the third confrontation in his history.
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A few days after the preparation meeting, the panelist of the Al Ángulo program, Diego Rebagliati, gave details of the importance of this match thinking about the South American Qualifiers on the way to the 2026 World Cup, highlighted the characteristics of Juan Reynoso’s team and did not hesitate to issue a warning to the ‘Germans’.
“It is a game that can find some similarities with what can happen to us in the qualifiers with Brazil and Argentina. You can take it to that terrain and say ‘let’s do a test of what we could do with Brazil in Lima’, to put the most immediate of September”, argued the former player.
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Immediately, Rebagliati highlighted the virtues of the ‘blanquirroja’. “Being Peru and whatever you want, the footballers we have in the national team have played a large number of games, more than 100, they are intelligent enough and they are prepared (to stand out in different positions).”
“Yotún can play hook, six, next to the six and open to the right or left. Carrillo, in his team, today plays as an ‘eight’, he can play as a winger on the right, behind the striker or as a striker. Christofer Gonzales had matches in Cristal where he played up to four positions, ”he added.
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Then, the former manager warned the following: “They are all intelligent players and they are where they are because they have that ability. There Reynoso has a richness that you do not have in a club. They are all players with a long history and no one is going to be scared by playing with Germany, let alone a friendly. They have played World Cups, Qualifiers and the Copa América final at the Maracana. Being scared is not going to scare them”.
The Peruvian team will face their equal from Germany this Saturday, March 25 at 2:45 p.m. (national time) at the Mewa Arena, located in Mainz. This commitment will be broadcast by the ATV signal, Movistar Deportes and América TV. Likewise, you can find out all the details through Infobae.
It will be the third time that Peru faces this UEFA squad. Previously they played in the 1970 Mexico World Cup, which ended 3-1 in favor of the ‘Bavaros’, and in a friendly in 2018, which also ended with a defeat for the ‘bicolor’ (2-1).
Day, time and stadium of Peru vs Germany.
The first confirmed absence for this friendly by the FIFA double date is the young figure, Jamal Musiala. The Bayern Munich player joined the camp led by Hansi Flick, however, he had to leave due to a torn muscle fiber in his left thigh.
Photo: Reuters.
As for the Peruvian team, the alarms went off yesterday. Because? And it is that Gianluca Lapadula did not train with the ‘everyone’s team’. Fortunately, it was all about a slight ailment of the attacker, who suffered a sprained ankle in his last game in Cagliari.
The national team will not only play with Germany on this FIFA date, but also with Morocco, which has just been a semifinalist in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. This matchup will take place on Tuesday, March 28 at 2:30 p.m. (Peruvian time) in the Civitas Metropolitano stadium, located in Madrid, Spain.