Peru vs Nicaragua lineups TODAY: possible starters for friendly in Matute by FIFA date – Credit: Infobae Peru.
Peru is not having a good time in football and it is necessary to make some changes to reverse the complicated situation. Jorge Fossati arrived at Videna to make the Peruvian team regain the compass that it lost in the 2026 South American Qualifiers, where it has not won a game and is last in the standings of these qualifiers heading to the World Cup. He reviews the official eleven of the ‘bicolor’.
The Uruguayan coach accepted the challenge and has 29 called up to return to the path of triumph, thinking about what the Copa América 2024 will be like, which will take place in June. He was working for almost two weeks to face Nicaragua in the best way today, Friday, March 22 at 8:30 p.m. at the Alejandro Villanueva stadium. The former Sports University will present a lineup where there will be many surprises and among them would be the new game system, a hallmark of the strategist: 3-5-2.
The ‘everyone’s team’ has several absences: Yoshimar Yotún, André Carrillo, Carlos Zambrano, Renato Tapia and Pedro Aquino were not called; some were due to a technical decision and others due to injuries. It also has several new features, including the first call for José Rivera and Erick Noriega; who, together with the established Paolo Guerrero, Gianluca Lapadula, Pedro Gallese, among others, will seek to regain victory.
“Unfortunately, when we made a line of 3, we faced Germany, which is a national team power. Today the ‘teacher’ wants to play with a line of 3 and from what I have heard we are training it a lot. As long as it is favorable for the national team it will be good. I have noticed that it is a technical command that is quite informed, it wants to give a lot of information to the player, not only in each training session, but we watch videos, we are seeing the bad and good things that we do and that feeds the player a lot,” declared Pedro Gallese. at a press conference.
Jorge Fossati worked with players from the local tournament and some from abroad.
Jorge Fossati waited until he had the complete team to put together the eleven that would emerge as a starter against Nicaragua. The new game system with a line of three and two forwards was confirmed. The Uruguayan coach will present a different Peru, with changes and new features in his lineup.
It was learned that Oliver Sonne will have minutes during the match and will be able to make his debut after several calls: Juan Reynoso called him for the 2026 South American Qualifiers, but did not play him for even a minute. Fans are counting the hours until they see the Dane-Peruvian in the ‘bicolor’ shirt and they also want to know what position he will occupy, in defense or in midfield.
This is how the Peruvian team will play: Carlos Cáceda; Carlos Ascues, Miguel Araujo, Alexander Callens, Andy Polo; Miguel Trauco, Wilder Cartagena, Martín Távara, Joao Grimaldo; Paolo Guerrero, Gianluca Lapadula.
Eleven confirmed from Peru for the duel against Nicaragua on FIFA date.
The coach’s idea is to make everyone play to have a more complete picture since it is a group that he is just getting to know. The main task is to create better functioning that allows you to get good results. Last minute changes could be made to the lineup.
Training of the Peruvian team
The coach of the ‘pinoleros’, Marco Figueroa, assured that he will not go out against Peru to speculate. He is preparing his players to surprise the ‘blanquirroja’ and thus win a victory. He studied Jorge Fossati’s pupils and is ready to counter his figures. The ‘blue and white’ box would form like this: Miguel Rodríguez; Justing Cano, Marvin Fletes, Juan Pérez, Oscar Acevedo; Matías Belli, Jeremy Cuarezma, Juan Barrera; Widman Talavera, Luis Fernando Coronel, Brayan López.
“We know the quality that Peru has. The only thing I am clear about is that this team (Nicaragua) can receive goals but they do not get behind, we cannot speculate on putting 10 players behind so that they do not score a goal against us,” revealed the Chilean coach.
Marco Antonio Figueroa has coached the Nicaraguan national team since 2012. – credits: Nicaraguan National Team