 The squad, led by Marcos Calderón, had a different (4–4–2) formation from the early 1970s structure.Jaime Duarte, Héctor Chumpitaz, Rubén Díaz, and Germán Leguía were on the defense; César Cueto, Percy Rojas, Teófilo Cubillas, and José Velásquez on the midfield; Juan José Muñante, Juan Carlos Oblitas, Guillermo La Rosa, and Hugo Sotil on the attack; and Ramón Quiroga as the goalkeeper.Prior to the World Cup, the national squad defeated varied opponents such as China and Hungary.