Perez committed to a Paraguay cause

• Hernan Perez is a permanent tie in a Paraguay squad
• The 28-year-old discusses La Albirroja‘s prospects in their arriving Russia 2018 qualifiers
• Midfielder creates sparkling oath if Paraguay do strech universe finals

“I hadn’t suspicion about it yet you’ve given me a good idea,” pronounced Paraguay’s Hernan Perez in review with FIFA.com. “If we make it to a World Cup, I’m going to get a ‘Russia 2018’ tattoo.”

Perez’s physique is lonesome in tattoos as it is, yet any of them is there for a good reason. Representing a milestones of his life, they embody a face of his mom Carol on their marriage day, his daughter’s date of birth, a name of his late sister-in-law, and a series “11” in reverence to Mauricio Alves, a crony and former team-mate of his during Villarreal, who died in a automobile accident.

“They any symbolize things that are critical to me, and personification during a subsequent World Cup really fits into that category,” pronounced a 28-year-old aggressive midfielder, who now plays for Espanyol and has gained a certainty of stream Paraguay manager Francisco Arce.

If Perez is to do his tattoo pledge, La Albirroja will have to urge on a eighth place they now occupy in a South American subordinate foe for a 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. With 4 rounds of games remaining, they have 18 points, 4 adrift of Argentina, who distortion fifth, in a intercontinental play-off place.

Asked since a Paraguayans find themselves off a gait during a moment, Perez said:  “We rushed things in some of a games and we didn’t put adequate value on a points that were during stake. I’m articulate about a matches opposite Peru during home and opposite Bolivia in La Paz (which finished in particular 4-1 and 1-0 defeats).”

In creation a straightforward comment of Paraguay’s chances of reaching Russia, Perez added: “On a scale of one to 10 I’d put it during about five. If we do things right, we’ll make it; if we keep creation mistakes, we won’t.”

Hernan Perez and La Albirroja

• Debut: Mar 2010 (under Gerardo Martino)
• Caps: 27 (14 in World Cup qualifiers)
• Goals: 1 (none in World Cup qualifiers)
• 2011 Copa America runner-up
• Played during the FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009

The midfielder struck an confident note in looking to a subsequent double-header, that will see Paraguay transport to Chile (fourth on 23 points) and afterwards horde Uruguay (third on 23 points): “They’re approach rivals of ours. If we kick them, afterwards we’ll be right in a mix.”

Perez watched Chile’s swell during a new FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: “They’re a really good side. They play possession football all a approach to your box and if we wish to harm them, afterwards you’ve got to get a round from them, be focused for a whole 90 mins and run some-more than them.”

As for Uruguay, he hopes to pull on his believe of some of their star players, whom he has been confronting in a Spanish joining given 2009: “There are some things that can assistance me and my team-mates negate their particular skills. They’re a good side though.”

Known as Chico (“Kid”), a nickname that stranded during a age of 16, when a manager resorted to job him that after forgetful his name, Perez pronounced he is ease about what lies ahead: “The misfortune time was after losing to Brazil, since we wanted to put right all a mistakes and play them again straightaway.

“Now that so many months have left by, though, we usually wish to be in a right earthy and mental shape. There’s an awful lot during stake.” Perez knows that usually too good after being concerned in a unsuccessful Brazil 2014 gift campaign: “You could see how unhappy everybody was, both a players and a fans. We don’t wish that to occur again.”

Hernan Perez adult tighten and personal

• Football: “It got me off a travel and helped me make life easier for my parents.”
• What did his relatives do?: “My father was an upholsterer and my mom was a housewife.”
• His initial footballing memory: “I was 6 or 7 and we used to take a round with me to bed. It was a benefaction from my father and it was white, yet we used it so most it got all ragged and brown.”
• His initial World Cup memory: ”France 1998 – we watched all of it. My father told me to watch a players and to learn to pierce like them. My purpose models were (Jose Luis) Chilavert and (Jose) Cardozo.”
• Boyhood hero: “Ronaldinho. we watched all his videos from when he was during Barcelona.”

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