SAO PAULO – The Brazilian team trained this Wednesday in Recife, where it will face Peru on Thursday during the South American qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, and will feature Neymar and ‘Gabigol‘in the attack and a reinforced defense, according to the technician Adenor Leonardo Bachi’ Tite ‘.
“The same team that played against Argentina is going to play against Peru,” the Brazilian coach explained succinctly at a press conference.
The coach will have to repeat the line-up that started the classic against Argentina last Sunday, but which was suspended after four of the visiting players did not obey the health protocol established by the authorities for entry into Brazil as a form of prevention against the covid.
In the last training session before the duel, Tite commanded a practice held in the middle of the court, with two teams of 11 players and without differentiating between starters and substitutes, although shortly after he confirmed the 11 starters.
Forwards Neymar and Gabriel Barbosa ‘Gabigol’ will be the pair in attack, supported by Lucas Paquetá, Everton Ribeiro, Gerson and Casemiro in the center.
The defenders Danilo, Éder Militao, Lucas Veríssimo and Alex Sandro will have to reinforce the defense and close the doors towards Weverton’s goal.
With regard to Peru, which will not be able to count on Paolo Guerrero because the attacker must still serve a suspension, Tite said that it is a “known” adversary and that Canarinha must maintain “regularity” to add up the victory goals.
“We will have to produce a lot, play a lot, maintain regularity, the different games within the game itself,” Tite said.
The great novelty for this Thursday’s commitment will be the premiere of Lucas Veríssimo with the green-yellow shirt in relief of defender Marquinhos, who was called off due to the fact that he should meet a sanction date against Argentina and, given the uncertainty about the fate of the match, was not taken into account against Peru.
Although he recognized the importance of Guerrero, Tite’s technical assistant, César Sampaio, reiterated that the commitment “will not be easy” and that Gianluca Lapadula, substitute for the Peruvian attacker, has characteristics “similar” to the owner.
Brazil is the leader of the qualifying rounds, with 21 units, and, to preserve the position, Tite stressed that it is essential to maintain “the victories and the good performance”.
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