The former Italian player Andrea Pirlo highlighted the good game and technical quality of the Peruvian players, including Claudio Pizarro, Jefferson Farfán, Juan Vargas, and Alexander Callens.
"I have faced Claudio Pizarro, Jefferson Farfán, and Juan Manuel Vargas; I have also been a teammate of Alexander Callens, and I'm not the one who will discover the value of these players," he said.
Andrea Pirlo arrived in Lima to participate this weekend in an exhibition match with Universitario de Deportes, which was finally suspended by the organizers due to problems with the Monumental Stadium.
However, the organizers stated that the match will be rescheduled within a maximum period of 90 days, and the former player even participated in an event in which his presence was confirmed.
The Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) confirmed that it has already submitted to FIFA the preliminary list of players selected by coach Ricardo Gareca to participate in the World Cup in Russia.