Raúl Ruidiaz: the ‘Flea’ stays with the ‘Bicolor’

The arrival of John Reynoso to the Peruvian team he brought back more than one player to the ‘Bicolor’. One of them was Raúl Ruidíaz, who despite his great moment in the MLS, wearing the Seattle Sounders jersey, was left aside by Ricardo Gareca.

The ‘Flea’ joined everyone’s team training last Monday, but muscle fatigue distanced him from the work with the rest of his teammates. There was speculation about the possibility of being left out of the squad and that there was even a request from the club for him to return after Saturday’s game (8 pm) against Mexico. However, Reynoso ruled out all this in a press conference before the friendly match.

“Raúl Ruidíaz would also play on Tuesday against El Salvador and on Wednesday he would return to his club. We still haven’t decided if we’re going to play with one striker or two”, said the national strategist, ruling out the possibility of the forward leaving the ‘Blanquirroja’.

Reynoso took the opportunity to talk about the possibility of lining up Tapia and Aquino together. “It is an option that we are thinking of raising. The issue of whether it is one point or two, you will see on Saturday. I see very good response from the team. Gianluca Lapadula is an area forward, at times we also demand that he be a better option to pass inside, ”he said.

The first eleven of the ‘Cabezón’ would be: Pedro Gallese; Aldo Corzo, Anderson Santamaría, Alexander Callens, Marcos López; Renato Tapia, Pedro Aquino; André Carrillo, Edison Flores, Christian Cueva, Gianluca Lapadula.

Sincere. Reynoso is confident of the victory against Mexico. “We have a very own style, we want to play and show ourselves. You can hurt him that way.”

Source-larepublica.pe