Cagliari
equalized away to Salernitana (2-2) and, although Gianluca Lapadula did not have any minutes, the good news was that his coach Claudio Ranieri called him up and for the first time this season he was on the bench from the start.
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Undoubtedly, the lack of goals in the 'Bambino's' squad is noticeable and in these first nine Serie A matches they have only managed to score five goals in four games, where three ended in defeats and the last one was a draw against Salernitana on matchday 9.
Lapadula could make his season debut against Frosinone on matchday 10 next Sunday, October 29th at 06:00 a.m. (Peruvian time). If he doesn't get any minutes in this Serie A match, he could do so in the Coppa Italia where Cagliari will face Udinese on November 1st at 3:00 p.m.
The important thing is that the 33-year-old striker is already active to be considered by Juan Reynoso for matchdays 5 and 6 of the Qualifiers in November, where the Peruvian national team will face Bolivia in La Paz and Venezuela at the Estadio Nacional.
UPDATES IN THE NATIONAL TEAM
- Altitude plan. Juan Reynoso has decided that the national team will train in La Paz five days before the match against Bolivia.
- The list. On Friday, November 3rd, the coach of the national team will call up 35 players, with the matches against Bolivia and Venezuela in mind.
- Surprises. The coach's list could include Brandon Palacios from Binacional and Marcos Huamán from Huancayo.