The coach of the ‘blanquirroja’ also left a sarcastic phrase about the training of the right back born in Denmark. (Movistar Sports)
The Peruvian team closed its first friendly series under coach Jorge Fossati with two victories over Nicaragua (2-0) and the Dominican Republic (4-1). In addition to returning to positive results, the preparation games left some important facts. One of them was the debut of right back Oliver Sonne, who participated in both games.
The Danish Silkeborg footballer is in Peru for the third time due to calls and his integration has been positive. However, one of the big barriers to completing his adaptation is the language, an aspect that is improving, according to the ‘blanquirroja’ coach himself.
In the last press conference that Fossati Lurrachi gave, after the win against the ‘Quisqueyans’, he revealed the demanding request he made to the 23-year-old player to be taken into account in his first call-up, something that ended up happening. Through the sports coach of the ‘blanquirroja’, Erick Bravo Fujita, he asked the player to arrive in Lima with a more advanced level of Spanish than that shown during Juan Reynoso’s time in Videna, something that the Uruguayan did not consider a requirement. wild.
“I’m not one to go around telling everything I do or don’t do. We communicated with Sonne through the coach (Erick Bravo) in January. At my request, one of the things I told him was that he had to come with a Spaniard who was not a professor by any means, but who had to understand a lot more and be able to communicate. For a young boy, cultured as he seems to be, that should not mean any extraordinary effort,” he mentioned to the media.
Being able to practice a new language constantly is decisive for learning it. Jorge Fossati is aware of this and therefore asked the rest of the team members to interact with Sonne Christensen in Spanish, not in English. The former Sports University was clear when indicating that the ‘Vikingo’ must adapt to the nation that arrives and that under no circumstances can it be the other way around.
“My request to the players, to his teammates, in front of him, was precisely that they speak to him in Spanish all the time. That was going to force him to understand. ‘Did you not understand this time? May you come better studied next time.’ If you feel like coming, it seems logical to me, right? Let someone who speaks another language adapt to the selection of a country. It’s not a club, it’s the national team. So, you have to adapt to the language of the country to which you belong because you are nationalized and not for the country to adapt to you,” he mentioned forcefully.
Peruvian national team players only communicate in Spanish with Oliver Sonne at the express request of Jorge Fossati – Credit: Instagram capture Oliver Sonne
Finally, the former Uruguay and Qatar coach added some good humor during the press conference, making a small joke that caused laughter from those present in the room. He pointed out that if he were the player’s teacher, he would tell him that he should try harder.
“I think he has shown good will, if I were giving him the report card I would tell him that he should study more, Spanish, right?” he concluded.
During his first appearances with Peru, ‘Oli’ added up to 36 minutes with the national team and became the main alternative in both lanes. Against Nicaragua he entered at 60′ in place of Miguel Trauco and positioned himself in the left sector of the field. Against the Dominican Republic he entered in the 85th minute for Luis Advíncula and played on the right wing.
Polyfunctionality is one of its strong points and this is valued by the technical command. To see him again with the national team we must wait until the next FIFA date in June, between the 3rd and 11th of that month.
Jorge Fossati’s team defeated the Monumental 4-1 in a preparatory duel. (Video: Movistar Deportes)