Reimond Manco: "I would have liked to see Quispe and Concha, they were expected to be the protagonists."

"Let's hope Sonne adapts little by little, he doesn't speak Spanish. Let's remember that with Lapadula, his first two matches were not extraordinary, but then they were. We have to be patient with him, let's not expect the boy to come in and make a goal-scoring cross, if he does, welcome. But we haven't seen him play yet. What scares me is that the expectations are very high with him, we have to be more cautious, because he is just going to adapt, he hasn't had several days of work, so hopefully if he plays, he does it in the best way," said 'Rei'.

Manco also referred to Cueva's absence and the lack of game generation that we have suffered. "In these two matches, Peru has done a good job in defense, but offensively we haven't generated any goal chances, except for Guerrero's shot on the post, we haven't generated with a filtered pass or building passes, that worries. That was Christian Cueva's responsibility. Unfortunately, he is not there and we have to see an option. Jairo Concha was doing things well and Piero Quispe too, but they won't be on the list and that worries," he warned.

At another moment, the 'exjotita' spoke about the players who did not make the final list of 23 players. "Loyola's situation is because of the number of left-backs we have, the same with Lora. Fabrizio Roca doesn't seem to me to be at a different level than Santiago Ormeño is today. Ormeño is an important player with goals, but I don't know if he is what we need for the style the national team has. I would have liked to see Quispe and Concha, they were supposed to be the protagonists of that game we need," Manco said.

In the same line, he touched on the point of who should be the right-back, either Luis Advíncula or Aldo Corzo. "As a right-back, Luis has had great games, he has played a great Libertadores and reached the final; while Corzo has done a good defensive job, but lacks offensive play. The most complete right-back we have is Advíncula, we know he also plays as a forward in Boca, but his position in the national team is as a right-back," pointed out.

On the other hand, Manco compared his game to that of Joao Grimaldo, whom he predicts a great future in his career and in the national team. "Grimaldo has a game similar to mine, confrontational, daring, very direct, I like that style because he is not afraid," Reimond concluded.

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