“Oleee, Oleee…” could be heard in the Hernando Siles from the 95th minute when every Bolivian touched the ball. And the green team got its first three points in these qualifiers and its victim was Peru.
After the final whistle, the dejected “Bicolor”, ignorant of the game and poor individual performances, added their fourth consecutive defeat in qualifying, after losing 2-0 without pain and glory at the height of La Paz.
“Go away, Reynoso,” rang out from the stands of the Bolivian colossus, because with one point in five games played, the Blanquirroja are now bottom of the table and what they are looking for are explanations.
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For much of the first half, Bolivia owned the ball. Sometimes situations arise with a combined play, but most arrivals were quick transitions, knowing very well the dimensions of the field and the speed of the ball.
Tried. Bryan Reyna partially managed to unbalance the Bolivian defense. Photo: EFE
Peru again had a rather shaky start, because although at the height of La Paz they relied a little more on the attack with Zanelatto, Quispe, Grimaldo and Lapadula, we were very imprecise with the passes, and we had to pay dearly for that because we actions pose no danger in the first 35 minutes.
The “Bicolor” became a long team as they relied on balls coming out of the defense and unfortunately almost all games were won by the Bolivians, who took the lead with very few balls.
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The first one arrived at 7 p.m. Zambrano tries to anticipate a filtered pass that jumps over the midfield line and miscalculates, the Bolivian player controls and a two-on-two is created at the goal of the penalty area. The rest of the team was unable to retreat.
Henry Vaca fired a strong shot close to Pedro Gallese’s shoulder, a place where it is very difficult to react, and the local team celebrated.
After the goal, Peru tried to advance the lines but the ideas were not clear to trouble Bolivia.
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With a 0-1 deficit, Peru tried to work better with Quispe and Tapia, who were in some ways the clearest players for the “Bicolor” to enter the opponent’s field. But apart from a header from Lapadula, which goalkeeper Viscarra conjured up after a cross from López, the performance of the team led by Juan Reynoso was very poor in the first 45 minutes.
Nothing has changed
Peru played in the opponent’s field from the 50th minute, leaving a line of three plus Tapia as an equalizer with attacking players, so that Advíncula stayed in front of Corzo, who tried to reach from outside.
The performance of the so-called captain of the future was not the best, perhaps because it was not his usual position, but he was not decisive when it came to scoring and when it came to continuing the game he was almost always wrong.
Bolivia stood close together with two lines of four to prevent Peru from finding passes between the lines, so two forwards were always prepared and profiled for the run.
That’s how the second goal came. Bolivia stole into their field, direct attack and with a back pass and Ramiro Vaca from the edge of the penalty area scored the second goal.
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Two minutes later, the referee awarded a penalty for an alleged foul by goalkeeper Viscarra on Bryan Reyna, but he changed his decision after appealing to the VAR. Peru disappointed again and Venezuela comes to Lima, but that will be a different story.
Reactions
Juan Reynoso, coach of Peru
“I understand people, but I don’t share their opinion. I have a contract until the end of the qualifying round and this situation must be reversed. As long as I see the guys’ effort and their anger, I’m excited.”
Renato Tapia, steering wheel from Peru
“I think we played well, things were done well. There are a lot of people who haven’t played at a high level who come here and give shit for the team. “You don’t have to look for the mistake or who made it.”