Needs. Although it did not have the best presentation of him, the Peruvian team achieved a valuable victory against New Zealand in Barcelona and was ready to face playoff to the World Cup Qatar 2022. After the goal of Gianluca Lapadula, Ricardo Gareca gave rest to some footballers and decided to replace the ‘Bambino’: the attacker entered instead Santiago Ormeno.
This decision generated some surprise in some followers of the Bicolor, who hoped that alex valera add minutes instead of the Liga MX gunner. In this regard, the Argentine coach explained why he left aside the former beach soccer player.
“Valera is awarded, he is in the selection. He is a player taken into account for this situation we are experiencing. The resolution of whether or not he enters the field of play is resolved by us, what we believe for each game and each moment ”, the strategist said at a press conference.
The ‘Tiger’ remarked that there are factors such as trust or the need to see him (not only in training). Likewise, regarding the Universitario attacker, he emphasized that adding minutes It will depend on him and they always take it into consideration.
It should be noted that Alex Valera is the top scorer in League 1 with nine goals —he also scored two goals with Peru in the friendlies against Panama and Jamaica—, while Santiago Ormeño failed to establish himself in his club and has only registered one target this year.