Cueva doesn't undergo surgery: he wants to play against Garcilaso and in the finals for the three-time championship.

The great desire that 'Aladino' has is to achieve the tricampeonato and, very aware of how fundamental the clash with Deportivo Garcilaso will be in this objective, he does not want to be left out of the squad that coach Mauricio Larriera will announce on Friday; one day before the last practice and trip to the 'navel of the world'.

At the beginning of the week, he did not train at the same level due to being injured, but yesterday he worked with the group in EGB. He has played with this discomfort that has prevented him from being at full capacity almost the entire season, and now that the goal for which he returned after eight years is at stake, he does not want to leave. Then he will make the decision to have surgery or not.

In relation to the team, yesterday he completed his third consecutive day of training in Lurín. Cristian Benavente and Pablo Sabbag, train and play football, so the chance for both of them to play this Sunday in Cusco is very high. 'Jeque' has already scored two goals playing against high altitude clubs and the 'Chaval' will make his debut in the Liga 1.

The starting eleven is not ready yet. However, Edinson Chávez will start in place of Gino Peruzzi, who has been suspended due to accumulated yellow cards. The 29-year-old right back last played on September 24 when he replaced left back Ricardo Lagos at the end of the match against Carlos Mannucci.

On the other hand, there was a lot of joy, color, and enthusiasm yesterday at the EGB sports complex during the meeting between a group of fans and players after training for the decisive match against Deportivo Garcilaso this Sunday.

The players took all kinds of photos with the young and old, autographed jerseys, shook hands with everyone who reached out, and even raised a hand to wave and show shining smiles. Unforgettable.

With the energy that this special meeting always produces, the players will finish preparing to go to the 3,399 meters that Cusco has, achieve the goal of winning against the 'Piece of heaven', and wait for other results to become the champions of the Clausura Tournament.

Pablo Sabbag, Cristian Benavente, Jesús Castillo, Jairo Concha, Carlos Zambrano, Gabriel Costa, Ángelo Campos, Pablo Míguez, and captain Josepmir Ballón were some of the players who stopped by. However, they did not give any statements to the press. They are focused on Sunday's final.

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