The Peruvian team lost 2-0 to Bolivia in La Paz in the fifth round of South American qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. At the end of the game, journalist Pedro García was about to be interviewed Piero Quispe; Suddenly, Yoshimar Yotun appeared and did not let the Universitario de Deportes football player speak to the press.
“Piero, give me a second. Here is Piero Quispe, a great player today despite the defeat… Yotún takes him,” the communicator was heard saying during the Movistar Deportes broadcast.
In this duel, the young national midfielder was in the starting line-up for the Bicolor for the first time in a qualification process. The “10” played the 90 minutes and was one of the most active players in the Bicolor attack.