And Peru was looking for an intense friendly and an aggressive rival to get into rhythm for the playoffs, he found it in New Zealand. Despite its obvious limitations, the ocean chart was a tough nut to crack and, despite not having reached almost the Peruvian area, forced the team to open a very closed and physical defense to get an important victory for the team’s morale.
As expected, those of Ricardo Gareca they had the initiative from the start of the match. With a lot of patience, Peru he set up his plays from the back, rotating the ball down the middle, hoping to find space on the New Zealand front row. Cueva and Carrillo were the most dangerous of the Peruvian attackbut they looked somewhat inaccurate in the last pass.
didn’t help either the insignificance of Peña, almost always hidden behind some rival midfielder, hardly asking for the ball to relieve the pressure on his teammates. It is alarming, at this point, the irregularity of the Malmö steering wheel, which he has not chained two good games since he made his debut in the national team. The one who was up to the match was Aquinoalways clear in the pass and to cut the actions of New Zealand.
The only clear situation for Peru in the first half was a great Yotún shot from outside the area that hit the crossbar. For the rest, the white-red did not manage to arrive with danger, although Gallese also had no job.
New Zealand came out with a bit more intensity in the second half but failed to keep the ball after the first five or six minutes when Peru regained control. At 68′, Lapadula took advantage of poor control by goalkeeper Sail, stole the ball from him and scored the first with an open goal. It was a deserved goal, both for the forward and for his team.
With the score in favor, and aware that keeping them on the field was a risk given the high level of aggressiveness of the New Zealanders, Gareca took out several headlines, thinking about the playoff. That, naturally, ended up confusing the team a bit, whichupo take care of the result to arrive with viada and in good rhythm to the game on June 13in which life will be played.
Changes
Nando Pijnaker (45′, Tommy Smith), Clayton Lewis (45′, Marko Stamenic), Gabriel Costa (66′, Andre Carrillo), Christofer Gonzales (66′, Sergio Pena), Miguel Trauco (66′, Marcos Lopez), Tim Payne (67 ‘, Bill Tuiloma), Ben Waine (69′, Chris Wood), Santiago Ormeno (74 ‘, Gianluca Lapadula), Raziel Garcia (74′, Christian Cueva), Michael Boxall (80′, Winston Reid), Wilder Cartagena (80′, Peter Aquino)
goals
1-0, 68′: Gianluca Lapadula
cards
Arbitro: Ishmael Barbara
Tuiloma (13′, Yellow) Clayton Lewis (54′, Yellow) Yoshimar Yotún (54′, Yellow) Reid (57′, Yellow) Zambrano (83′, Yellow)