Peru approached: Yoshimar Yotún scared with a shot at the Ecuadorian goal | VIDEO

The start of the complementary stage has been positive for Ricardo Gareca’s team. With the income of Edison Flores and Christofer Gonzales, the face of the locals changed and was reflected in one of the first dangerous actions. From medium distance, Yoshimar Yotún tried a shot that could have been the 1-1 of Peru vs. Ecuador at the National Stadium.

Precisely, ‘Oreja’ and ‘Canchita’ went to press the ‘Tricolor’ large area. So, this caused a half-hearted defensive rejection by the visiting team. Thus, the round was served for the former Cruz Azul.

‘Yoshi’ Yotún controlled the ball, advanced a few meters, outlined himself and took a shot that went directly to the opponent’s goal. The ball was close to slipping over the crossbar, but the intervention of goalkeeper Hernán Galíndez (replacing the suspended and starter Alexander Domínguez) was key to sending it towards the corner kick.

Peru vs. Ecuador: the recovery of Renato Tapia

Renato Tapia lost a ball in the opposite field. After that action, the ‘Tricolor’ took advantage of the space to go on a counterattack and, in this way, look for the second of Peru vs. Ecuador, the match on date 16 of the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers. However, the national midfielder had his revenge a few seconds later.

La Blanquirroja tried to progress down the left side of the pitch. André Carrillo stopped the advance in the presence of rival players. So, the ‘Culebra’ backed off with Yoshimar Yotún and he with the ‘Cabezón’. The man from Celta de Vigo controlled, but the lob was too long for him and Gonzalo Plata stole and stepped on the accelerator.

Plata, who had all the free ground, unloaded with Michael Estrada (the author of the only goal in the National Stadium). The Ecuador striker made a cut to beat Alexander Callens, but did not count on the intervention of Tapia, who threw himself onto the field to touch the lob and leave it to Pedro Gallese.

Thus ended the offensive of the group trained by Gustavo Alfaro. At the same time, the midfielder of the Peruvian national team raised one of his arms as a gesture to apologize to the rest of his teammates for a loss that could have been fatal.