The Peruvian team She played better than ever in the first 45 minutes, but then she was the same as she had been in the last five days and had to accept a draw at home against Venezuela. A result that not only decides the future of Juan Reynoso as coach of the Bicolor, but also catapults the All Team to last place in the table with just 2 points.
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The positive thing is that thanks to Yoshimar YoTún, the national team scored their first goal in this qualification process and had several chances to increase the score if they can be saved from all the bad. However, due to poor defining decisions and the visiting goalkeeper’s actions, they couldn’t make it. Everything went well until the second half started.
Peru vs. Venezuela: This was the Bicolor’s first goal in qualifying
Juan Reynoso dismantled the Peruvian team
In the second half, the Llaneros improved their ranks and equalized thanks to a good finish in the 54th minute Saravinowho took advantage of a poor finish from Marcos López to break down Pedro Gallese’s goal.
Given the parity, said the coach Juan Reynoso He made three variations that ultimately decompensated the team. Franco Zanelatto, Edison Flores and André Carrillo took the field in place of Bryan Reyna, Joao Grimaldo and Piero Quispe, three footballers who had become the best on the field and had caused danger to the Llaneros on more than one occasion. .
To our regret, the new arrivals didn’t have the pace that a game like this required and, apart from losing the ball, they couldn’t contribute anything in attack. So much so that the Bicolor only had one attempt on goal in the second half, but it was a long-range shot from Gianluca Lapadula. But that’s not all, as Reynoso thought that with the inclusion of Guerrero and Cartagena he would have more weight in attack, which ultimately worked against him.
Gianluca Lapadula fights for the ball. Photo: La República/Luis Jiménez
With this new income in which he was not Oliver Sun, the Venezuelan team played much better and even had several opportunities to score the second goal. However, thanks to Gallese’s saves and some poor finishing, they ended up dropping a point as they had every opportunity to take the win.
Eventually, Juan Reynoso seemed to have found his way with the young players, but in the end he became disillusioned with the experienced players who played against him. Thanks to their decisions, Peru is in last place in the 2026 South American qualifiers.
What did Juan Reynoso say about his alleged departure?
After the bitter draw against Venezuela, it was revealed that Juan Carlos Bolitas had asked Agustín Lozano to leave Reynoso so that he would give up the position of coach of the Peruvian team. Against this background, the current bicolor strategist spoke at a press conference.
“It would be good if you asked him. Oblitas didn’t tell me anything (about his future) and I saw him after the game. I want to believe that this is a situation that is not real,” he said.