By: Luis Imana
Despite having a rival with several regular players on the bench, the Peruvian side suffered a 2-0 defeat by Germany in the first friendly of the FIFA Double Dates in Mainz. With Gianluca Lapadula as a substitute, the Red and white He had a start where he managed to get into the territory of an as yet unawakened ‘Teuton’ team; However, the lack of initiative to reach Ter Stegen’s goal would ultimately take its toll on the players led by Juan Reynoso.
The team used the gaps in the Peruvian defense and at 12′ the Europeans scored the first goal. Kai Havertz hit the red-white mark to serve the ball to Niclas Füllkrug, who shot the fence from Pedro Gallese. After conceding a goal, the “Everyman Team” got into a spiral of inaccuracies and had to content themselves with trying to hold the offensive of the four-time world champion.
Peru couldn’t hold off the hosts forever as Füllkrug reappeared in the 33rd minute to extend their lead after a low cross from Marius Wolf in front of goal. If it weren’t for Gallese’s performance, who was not responsible for the two goals, the score could have been higher in favor of the “Germans”.
supportive. The Peruvian fans were there in Mainz.
Faced with the need for a reconsideration, Reynoso sent the addendum to Gianluca Lapadula j Edison Flores by Raúl Ruidiaz and Christofer Gonzales respectively, giving a slight improvement in the visit’s attack. The presence of the Italo-Peruvian caused more problems for the German defense and in the first few minutes of the second half even had more ball involvement than the “flea” in the entire first half. However, the Blanquirroja did not have a clear goal situation.
A new opportunity arose for Germany to increase the gap when Italian referee María Sole Ferrieri awarded a penalty for the locals in the 68th minute after receiving the VAR announcement. However, Havertz’s shot hit the post. The duel got heated in the closing stages and there were even some clashes between the two teams that didn’t go to the majors, but it stayed 2-0 until the end.
Despite the recent defeat, Juan Reynoso salvaged the lessons he learned after taking on one of the greatest powers in world football.
“If we are humble, we will learn many lessons. work is required. The wingers need to know how to press or close. It doesn’t matter if it’s a 4 or 5 line, we liked the idea better when we had the ball. Lapadula gave a lot more than he thought,” explained the ‘Cabezón’ after the end of the game.
In doing so, Reynoso recorded his second defeat in five competitive games as technical director of the Peru team, the previous loss against Mexico in his first game on the national team’s bench.
La Blanquirroja focuses on Morocco
After the hard defeat against Germany, the Peruvian team turns the page and will fully focus on the next friendly match, which will be played against Morocco on Tuesday 28 March at the Cívitas Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid. La Blanquirroja returns to Frankfurt today for morning training and in the afternoon they travel to the Spanish capital to face the African team that reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in Qatar 2022. Juan Reynoso would include Gianluca in his Lapadula plans to start putting more emphasis on offense and seek victory.