This is what Jorge Fossati said after the draw against Paraguay

This is Jorge Fossati’s first draw against the Peruvian team

In their third friendly Jorge Fossati at the command of the two-tone, Peru tied 0-0 against Paraguayleaving many doubts regarding the lineup that will be used in the debut of the Copa America 2024. Despite high expectations, the team did not perform well and finished the game without any shots on goal.

One of the surprises in the starting lineup was the inclusion of the Universitario striker, Jose ‘Tunche’ Riverawho debuted as a starter with the peruvian team.

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José Rivera Performance

In the press conference after the friendly, Fossati spoke about José Rivera’s performance, ensuring that, despite the young forward’s good form, the team’s offense did not work well due to the lack of generating clear chances.

«I thought about José Rivera that he is in a great moment, that he is very good. It seems to me that, as I said at the beginning, the team in the first half only used them (the forwards) vertically, there was very little arrival as a team and that affects (José) Rivera, (Gianluca) Lapadula or whoever. In the same way as I said that to defend well it is not enough to have the best defenders, the team has to defend well; So, in the same way it is not enough to have great forwards if you do not play well as a team.declared Fossati.

Fossati was satisfied with Rivera’s performance, highlighting that the playing conditions provided by the team were limited so that the forward could shine. «What José did made me satisfied, because I have to take into account what conditions the team gave him to perform»he added.