Overview
- Peru visits Chile on Friday, October 10 at Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida with kickoff at 6:00 p.m. in Peru and 8:00 p.m. in Chile, airing on América TV, ATV and Movistar Deportes in Peru and on ESPN and Disney+ in Chile.
- Interim manager Manuel Barreto has assembled a largely inexperienced squad, with 18-year-old Bayern prospect Felipe Chávez under active consideration to start based on this week’s training sessions.
- Platense forward Juan Pablo Goicochea earned his first senior call and is preparing for a potential debut as Barreto weighs No. 9 options that include a monitored Alex Valera and in-form Luis Ramos.
- Chile’s Iván Román is out with a wrist injury according to ESPN Chile, and Lucas Assadi underwent tests for a febrile illness, leaving his availability uncertain.
- In related domestic notes, Peru’s referee commission CONAR published Liga 1 Clausura matchday 14 assignments, and Alianza Lima Femenino played its Oct. 8 Libertadores group finale needing a win to keep faint advancement hopes.