After an irregular tour in Europe, The Peruvian team arrived in the capital in a bittersweet climate by some fans. On the way out of Jorge Chávez Airport, some footballers were brought by the national press to get their impressions of the friendlies against Germany and Morocco. One of the most sought after was Carlos Zambrano because the international defender starred in a controversial match against Sofiane Boufal (Moroccan forward) and led to his ejection. However, the Alianza Lima player has a different perspective on the offense and believes the situation was different.
“Whenever there’s a kick, there’s a mea culpa, that is, you can see something in the pictures, but when I supposedly kick him, he moves the ball with my hand. He moves it to me and it doesn’t look good the pics, I wanted to kick the ball then he (Boufal) attacked me, then I walk up to him and smack him in the ribs with my handlike saying, ‘What do you have?’ but hey, the referee had already made the decision,” he told Urpi’s correspondent Grace Mora upon arriving at the airport.
Likewise, Zambrano analyzed the friendlies played on the old continent and found that although they were canceled in Madrid due to the defeat by Germany, That changed when the duel against Morocco started.
“We didn’t put on a good face in Germany, we didn’t play well, it got complicated. We were almost without confidence after a tough result against Morocco. We knew they were good rivals, they had beaten Brazil.” a few days ago, but I think the face of the team changed quickly, we got up. I think that after the result we will proceed calmly because we scored more goals than in the first game,” he said.