Pure quality: Sergio Peña provided an assist in Malmo victory | VIDEO

Sergio Peña stood out in Malmo’s recent 2-0 win during a friendly match. The midfielder of the Peruvian team was key to achieving the first goal of the contest, as he provided an assist shortly after closing the first chapter of the preparation game.

The national midfielder, who wears the number eight on his back, quite accurately filtered a lob over the large area. Thanks to that pass, his teammate Sebastian Nanasi defined strongly over the first post to make it 1-0 in the 40th minute of the contest in which he faced Olympic, also from Sweden.

Peña started in the friendly match and was on the field until the 73rd minute, when he was replaced by Edin Avdic. After his participation in the duel, the performance of the Blanquirroja footballer was highlighted on social networks: “We thank Sergio Peña”says in the Malmo account. Later, Nanasi scored again and sealed the 2-0.

Since joining the preseason of the light blue team, after remaining with the Peruvian team in the first weeks of 2022, Sergio has added minutes between friendly games: today 73 ‘and last February 12 30’ against Lokomotiv Moscow.

Meanwhile, Peña also spent 26 minutes on the pitch in the duel on the first date of the Swedish Cup against GAIS (5-1 victory). On the second day, the Peruvian jumped over the final to the grass against Angelholms, for the same championship and repeating the result.

Malmo, with the Bicolor footballer in their ranks, will face the third cup match next Saturday, March 5, against Värnamo. In this contest, Peña’s team is the leader with six units and will now face the escort, with the same number of points.

It should be noted that the Swedish league (a tournament won by the Celestes last season) will only start on April 3, after the matches of the Peruvian team against Uruguay in Montevideo and Paraguay in Lima due to the closing of the South American Qualifiers on the way to the Qatar World Cup. 2022.