and John Reynoso Much more mature in every way, he took over the Peruvian team. Some aspects, such as communication with the press, have been corrected and many others have been improved. Once it’s made official, the ‘Stubborn’ started to work. He visited various stadiums and met several players via video calls to compile his first squad list and take on Mexico, a duel that will be the Inca coach’s debut.
The DT of White-red He has spoken to various national media. On this occasion, reynoso sat down for a conversation with La República and left interesting statements:
One of the most important was when he will announce his first squad list. “Privately it will be 2 but to say that is pretty optimistic of us. In public, it will take place between September 8th and 9th, but it is likely that they will know the call hours beforehand.
On the other hand, the Peruvian strategist was asked how the Everyman Team works when played in a high-altitude city. “I would call the base, which is large, that of Melgar, those who play in Mexico. From there we would appeal to the hero ability of the players we have overseas, but we would also need to examine who are the ones responding. Unfortunately today with the new format it is very difficult to have these micro bikes in high altitude cities. The idea is to do some testing to make sure it doesn’t cost us as much as our competitors.”
What would be Reynoso’s possible eleventh in height?
First, let’s go with the game plan. In his previous teams, the ‘Stubborn’ used different systems and what caught on was having more volume in midfield to get ahead of the rival: 3-5-2, 3-4-3, 4-1-4-1, 4-5-1 and 4-4-2. However, since the selection engineer has only a few days to test different schemes, reynoso he could choose to play with four at the back and one forward.
Who would go from the start? The Peru coach could play with a 4-1-4-1 and it would be like this: Pedro Gallese (played in Liga 1 and Liga MX); Luis Advincula, Carlos Zambrano and Anderson Santamaria (plays in Liga MX) and Marcos López (missed in League 1) or Paolo Reyna (Melgar); Renato Tapia or Pedro Aquino, Christian Cueva, Yoshimar Yotún, Alexis ‘Chaka’ Arias (Melgar) o Pedro Aquino and André Carrillo (last in League 1) and as sole striker Raul Ruidíaz (played in Liga 1, Melgar and Liga MX).
Eleventh of Bicolor. Photo: Composition by Adolfo Quinteros
Are you determined to get matchsticks up?
The Peru coach hinted that it all has to do with how the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup are approached: “It’s being evaluated, we’ll see what the format is like. If the dates are respected, we will see what advantage we can have in quotes. If you’re playing in extremely hot weather and then suddenly want to play at altitude with the same team, it’s not ideal. They play a lot of things that are difficult to predict today,” he said.