Football Federation of Peru hopes that striker Jose Paulo Guerrero will be allowed to play at the World Championships.

President of the Football Federation of Peru Edwin Oviedo appealed to the Federal Court of Switzerland for the suspension of Jose Paulo Guerrero.

In October 2017, it became known that the doping test of the attacking team of Peru Jose Paulo Guerrero was positive - in his blood, a metabolite of cocaine.

In this regard, Guerrero received a one-year suspension, although later the CAS admitted that the player used narcotic substances unintentionally. Despite this punishment was upheld, so the Football Federation of Peru decided to challenge it.

Recall that previously abolished the suspension of Guerrero asked Captains rivals the national team of Peru at the World Cup.