Ricardo Gareca Conference: Coach gave the list of players called up for the playoff.

The coach of the Peruvian national team, Ricardo Gareca, held a press conference on Friday, May 20, to announce Peru's list of players called up for the Qatar 2022 playoffs. Still not knowing who their opponent will be, Gareca provided a long list of players to start planning for this decisive match in June.

In total, the Argentine strategist called up 28 players: 9 from the local league and 19 from abroad. The absences of Paolo Guerrero and Raúl Ruidíaz in the forward line were confirmed, while André Carrillo and Pedro Aquino returned, among others.

It is worth mentioning that the Peruvian national team will travel to Spain on Saturday, May 28, for their preparation. There they will have an international friendly against New Zealand and then head to Doha, Qatar, to play the World Cup playoffs.

RICARDO GARECA'S PRESS CONFERENCE

PERU'S LIST OF CALLED UP PLAYERS

• Gallese
• Carvallo
• Campos
• Advíncula
• Corzo
• Zambrano
• Araujo
• Ramos
• Callens
• Abram
• Trauco
• López
• Tapia
• Aquino
• Cartagena
• Peña
• Calcaterra
• Concha
• Yotún
• Gonzáles
• Carrillo
• Costa
• Flores
• Cueva
• García
• Lapadula
• Valera
• Ormeño

WHAT TIME IS GARECA'S PRESS CONFERENCE?

Ricardo Gareca's press conference is scheduled for Friday, May 20, and the announcement will be made starting at 12:00 p.m., where the coach of the Peruvian national team will announce the official list of players called up for the Qatar 2022 playoffs. Remember that there is only one month left until the qualifying match for the World Cup.

GARECA'S PRESS CONFERENCE: WHERE TO WATCH THE LIST OF CALLED UP PLAYERS ANNOUNCEMENT?

If you want to watch Ricardo Gareca's press conference, you should follow GOLPERU, which is channel 14 or 714 in HD, Movistar Deportes on channels 3 and 703 in HD, and finally FPF Play, which is the online streaming platform of the Peruvian Football Federation where you can watch it live.

HOW MANY PLAYERS WILL GARECA CALL UP?

In a conversation with Radio Ovación, the manager of the FPF's national teams, Antonio García Pye, indicated that there would be between 25 and 30 players: "We have to patiently wait for the call-up issue. And the thing is, not knowing who the opponent will be, I imagine that the coaching staff of the Peruvian national team has different strategies in mind and therefore, they will probably handle a larger number of players than usual. There should be between 25 and 30 players called up,"

QATAR 2022 PLAYOFFS: WHEN AND WHERE WILL THEY TAKE PLACE?

The Qatar 2022 playoffs will take place in Doha on Monday, June 13, at 9:00 p.m. local time. This will be the decisive match and there will be no second leg, so the Peruvian national team will give their all in this match.

WHO WILL PERU PLAY AGAINST IN THE PLAYOFFS?

The Peruvian national team will have to wait for the winner of the match between the United Arab Emirates and Australia to find out who their opponent will be in the Qatar 2022 playoffs.