This is not over yet: we defend the playoffs at home | CHRONICLE

Anderson Daronco, that Brazilian referee with the arms of Popeye, has become the great villain of the Peruvian people. Peru lost 1-0 in Montevideo against Uruguay for the Qatar 2022 Qualifiersbut the image that remains to us is that of the 91st minute, that of the possible equalizing goal.

We have spent hours looking at the same photo from all possible angles: Serge Rochet —what a last name not to be in evidence— behind the line of his bow after not being able to conjure a center of Miguel Trauco on discounts.

It is difficult to talk about theft, when we have not yet heard Daronco’s conversation with his VAR colleagues, but it is questionable that he did not stop the game. There was no gesture of doubt to avoid suspicion. the men of Ricardo Gareca They had reservations about angrily claiming him, since a yellow card would take them out of the final duel against Paraguay.

The controversy, let’s call it that even if it costs us, is a slap in the face for those two thousand Peruvians who were left with their throats scraped in the Centenary. Among them, that compatriot who, with his Uruguayan identity card, managed to get 35 fans not to pay three hundred dollars. Or those who cleaned up all the trash left by the banner in the previous one or even that other Peruvian who, in his madness, sold his wedding ring.

Thanks to this imperfect team that gives us lessons in sacrifice in every game. There is Lapadula to whom we owe a rhinoplasty. Cheekthe swaying Cheek, to whom we can no longer tell him that his heart was removed. OR Wallwhich had to be multiplied to cover the gaps left by Pain and Yotuntwo ‘pisteros’ who could never step on the ball.

Peru it was, again, a waste of wills. It was very clear that ‘Canchita’ Gonzales It cannot be a substitute, and less than two trotting flyers that came with little shooting. edinson flowers he will not always have his rifle armed. And even though Ormeno He showed a better version, he did not have any ball vibrating in the area, as in the Mexican League.

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beyond the loss to Uruguay with the solitary goal of By Giorgian Arrascaeta, we depend on ourselves. If we bend to Paraguay this Tuesday in Limathe playoff it will be ours. We don’t have the need to take out the calculator. The positive, in the midst of anger: we finished the game without any warning. The worrying thing: André Carrillo is touched and Advíncula was left with some discomfort.

It is an excess to ask a team to solve our lives. But it’s not just about us, it’s about them. Mainly of them, who with the ball, that atavistic object that was transformed with the world, deserve that this endless dream be prolonged.

As to anderson daronco, who has already mysteriously favored the ‘charrúas’ in the past, let’s give him the benefit of the doubt for now. Just for now. Otherwise, he will join the long list of scoundrels who have dirty football.