Gianluca Lapadula: Why do we love the Peruvian national team player so much? The gestures that confirm that we win more than a scorer

If there were doubts that through the veins of Gianluca Lapadula Peruvian blood flowed well, the attacker is erasing them with each goal, with each play, with each gesture in a Peruvian team that spreads not only good football, but also the best of spirits as far as the group is concerned. This Monday the Italian-Peruvian celebrates his 32 years and the soccer country celebrates it for gestures like the ones we mention in this note.

The last one, without a doubt, was seen in Barranquilla. A Gianluca Lapadula lying on the ground with a broken partition seemed to be everything for him, but he continued playing despite the discomfort, which later prevented him from being present against Ecuador.

With an impressive patch on his nose, he tried to be ready for the next match, but the medical recommendation was not to do so. Already in the National, stationed in the stands, Lapadula was one of the most applauded despite not being in the eleventh to face Ecuador.

It is that Gianluca Lapadula has been infected and has infected his best spirit. From , at the airport when he first set foot on Peruvian soil in November 2020 until sharing each locker room antics, with Friday night dancing ‘Cervecero’ with Christian Cueva and André Carrillo.

The gestures of Lapadula they spread and he has won the affection of all the fans, now also fueled by the goals with the Bicolor. They waited seven games until he scored his first goal and now he has three, two of them against Paraguay in the 2021 Copa América quarterfinals.

friendship with christian cave It seems the one that has tuned the most. They share photos on Instagram, have fun in training and do things that break any kind of tension in a group that competes in a high-level tournament.

More from Lapadula

Yes in Quito Lapadula showed his talent on a piano and Christian Cueva parodied him with the tone of ‘Cervecero’ from Armonía 10, in Goiania they went a step further and were encouraged to dance together to the rhythm of the national group. With André Carrillo as a great promoter.

A race forward

Even if Lapadula He doesn’t get distracted from his role. He knows that his job in the national team is to contest each ball and encourage his teammates not to drop in intensity.

He also knew how to take advantage of the rival’s mistakes. It caused the lack that meant the expulsion of Gustavo Gómez, perhaps the figure in the Paraguayan defense. Although the warning was fair for the Guarani, Lapadula I knew you had to look for him to provoke that kind of contact.

And precisely, one of those contacts caused Lapadula play much of the match with the septum deviated. “Broken nose and semifinal”, he published on his social networks, highlighting the effort he made in the match.

Emotionally, he was one of the first to encourage christian cave, when everyone ran to celebrate the classification, and to cheer on André Carrillo at the moment of his expulsion.

In addition, after the final whistle he was humble to accept that he is using the ‘9’ that corresponds to Paolo Guerrero. They asked him if Peru should be calm because he was the replacement for the scorer, but he was clear. “I want to thank Paolo for giving me his jersey. He is the historic scorer”, assured before the international press.

Thus, with attitude, goals and the best encouragement, Gianluca Lapadula has infected and has been infected by the Peruvianism that exists in the peruvian national team.