Andy Polo, Yordy Reyna and other controversies that tarnished the work of the Peruvian team

Every story has happy and difficult moments. The of the peruvian national team world cup too. The joys for the continuous successes have sometimes been tainted by extra-sports cases involving those summoned. This time the target of criticism is Andy Polo. Winger for the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer was denounced by his ex-wife and mother of his childrenGénessis Alarcón, for physical violence and abandonment of home.

According to her explanation in a show business program, the 27-year-old recounted the martyrdom she experienced when she was next to the winger who was part of the squad that was in Russia 2018 and was called up for the January friendlies against Panama and Jamaica. “He was the one who spent, the one who paid and, even when he couldn’t, he sent the friend, and I had to go shopping with the friend. He trusted the friend more because I helped my mom and he didn’t want me to help her “he pointed.

For now, Polo has not yet ruled on the matter. What did happen is that Major League Soccer decided to suspend it while they carry out the investigations. Meanwhile, his club, the Portland Timbers, also chose to separate him.

This type of situation stains football – in weeks in which he regrets and criticizes the attacks of the Englishman Mason Greendwood against his partner or that of the Frenchman Kurt Zouma against his cat – and also the Peruvian team. Unfortunately, it is not the only case that means a serious setback in the work that Ricardo Gareca has been doing together with his coaching staff in these years. Let’s review some.

Yordy Reyna and the Chocano case

In 2017, Yordy Reyna was involved in the death of the then volleyball player Alessandra Chocano, who was 16 years old, after a meeting with the aforementioned athletes and other people. The attacker was the target of criticism and accusations after what happened and was also removed from the Peruvian team.

“All of us who have been feel innocent because it is not that someone has grabbed her, killed her or done something to her, they are natural things that occur”Reyna said after the investigations concluded that the young woman died of natural causes and the soccer player was acquitted of any crime.

“I did not take her, I went in my car with three people and they were not in my car. […] I didn’t know he was a minor.”he added in his discharge. “What are they going to blame me for, abandonment? If we have all been helping, I have stayed until the last. The security cameras of the building will even show it, the same serenazgos have been recording me that I was there helping “he defended himself.

Yordy was acquitted by the Peruvian justice, although the unfortunate event has been a mark that has not been erased over the years.

The ancient Christian Cave

Today, we enjoy and love the best version of christian cave. The one that improves day by day with training even on vacation with her personal coach. The one that has strengthened your spiritual side to be balanced in all aspects of life. But the midfielder has had a dark past that has tarnished his image in the Peruvian team.

Seven months later, while spending his worst moments at Santos in Brazil, ‘Aladino’ was preventively suspended by the club’s board. The reason? He appeared in a video where he appears in a fight with a fan inside a nightclub late at night. “Following the release of the images related to the athlete Christian Cueva, the player presented his version of the incident to the Santos council. The player is preventively suspended and the case is handed over to the legal department,” wrote the official account of the Brazilian institution.

The last indiscipline Cave it happened last year. Prior to America Cup Images of the attacker were released at a meeting with friends. Bottles of beer and cigarettes were also seen in the video. After that last stumble, Christian put all the bad things aside and focused on helping the Peruvian team get a ticket to Qatar 2022. With five goals and an assist from him, he put us in the fight. Today we are in fifth place with our chances intact.

Paolo Guerrero and a party in the middle of a pandemic

Paolo Guerrero, historical captain and leader of this generation that gave us a lot of joy, has not been elusive to this type of situation. The striker, who is recovering from a knee injury, celebrated his 38th birthday with a huge party attended by soccer players and various orchestras.

The criticism came towards the scorer because at that time -January 1- the country was at the beginning of the third wave of COVID-19 infections and parties were prohibited. In addition, no protocol established by the Government was respected.

“You have to leave people and go about their lives. You have to let her have her life. Information is given that I think is good, they should inform people, but there is no need to panic. It is important that we begin to lead a normal life. Each one is the owner of taking care of their life, let us take care of our lives. That people solve their life. That each one chooses how to take care of himself, that is important to lead a normal life. Then when there are political demonstrations, campaigns, any kind of thing, it seems that the pandemic does not exist “Ricardo Gareca pointed out when asked about what happened.

Paolo Guerrero He did not make any statements in this regard. And just like him, several summoned went through various extra-sports acts that muddied at some point the great work they themselves and the technical command led by Ricardo Gareca have been doing.