Overview
- FPF president Agustín Lozano said he will fully support moving national-team home games to high-altitude venues such as Cusco if the coaching staff decide it is best.
- Peru’s women beat Uruguay 2–1 in Cusco, and coach Antonio Spinelli said the team planned for the conditions with acclimatization work and a tailored game plan.
- The women are scheduled to play Paraguay in Cusco on Tuesday, April 14 at Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, extending the live trial of the altitude approach.
- Uruguay coach Ariel Longo criticized Peru’s venue choice as a health-related tactic to gain a breathing advantage and said it was not the right way to compete.
- Cienciano coach Horacio Melgarejo argued altitude offers little edge without real adaptation time or a roster used to those conditions, pointing to Bolivia’s model of fielding many altitude-based players.