Less than 24 hours before the Peru vs. Morocco game, it was known that the soccer players of the Peru team were attacked by the Spanish police when they tried outside the concentration hotel to greet the national fans making the traditional flag. When everything seemed to be going normally, the brawl began.
A video recorded by our correspondent José Ramírez from Grupo La República captured the moment the fight took place. In the audiovisual footage, the Blanquirroja footballers can be seen greeting the fans while being guarded by a group of police officers. Suddenly, Yoshimar Yotún is ahead of everyone and trying to get closer to the fans. The agents scold ‘Yoshi’ and one of them pushes him.
Immediately the goalkeeper Pedro Gallese intervene to bring peace of mind; In the end, however, everything spirals out of control. Seconds later, Alex Valera picks up a banner and tries to hand it to one of the fans, but he doesn’t achieve his goal because, observing the troops’ attacks on the Bicolor members, he decides to defend them and receives some punches.
Video of the beginning of the attack on the Peruvian team
Soccer players of the Peruvian team in the commissary
According to the journalist Gustavo Peralta, the captain of the Bicolor, peter gallese, He is at a police station in Madrid, which some of his colleagues will go to later.
“The Peruvian consulate in Spain supports so that the situation with the players of the Peruvian team does not escalate. Pedro Gallese is in a police station,” the communicator said.
When do Peru vs. Morocco play?
In time the entire Peruvian territory the game Peru vs Morocco It starts at 2:30 p.m. and from 9:30 p.m. in Spain, the country where this match will be played.