The old memories of Peru vs. Germany: Muller’s shirt in the hands of Chumpitaz and the Peruvian who lived 14 World Cups

There was a time when Google did not exist, much less social networks and their instantaneousness. Football was not discussed on Twitter or Facebook, it was found in old houses with wooden doors and a sepulchral silence accompanied the visitors. They were called libraries and there, among their books and their newspaper archive, the history of Peru was told. His exploits. There, in the midst of that unmistakable smell of old newspapers, is still kept, like a treasure, the glory days of the Peruvian team. That year of 1970 in which the Bicolor was regarded with respect and in which the first Peru vs. Germanyin the World Cup in Mexico.

This Saturday, March 25, in Mainz, on the banks of the Rhine River, in southwestern Germany, Juan Reynoso’s Blanquirroja will face the powerful German team as a preparation duel for the Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup that will start in September of this anus. a duel for “measure the real level of the selection”in the words of the ‘Cabezón’ who will surely use the base of the team that will face the qualifying process, with the exception of christian cavewho was not called up for the friendlies.

It will be the third confrontation between the two. The previous two were European victories. The first was in Mexico 70, a 3-1 that left the rojiblanco team in second place in the group 4 table that they also shared Morocco -the other rival of this FIFA date, what a coincidence!- and Bulgaria. The second and last clash, so far, was in 2018, a friendly after Peru’s participation in the World Cup in Russia. 2-1 win for the Teutons.

Is the third time will be the charm? Perhaps, but in the previous one we bring two stories of that meeting for the World Cup in Mexicothat World Cup that showed the whole world the best of Peru.

Chumpitaz and the precious gift that he treasures in his museum

Behind a very well-kept wooden door, in his house, where Hector chumpitaz He keeps as a treasure -they are- shirts that he exchanged in his life as a soccer player for the Peruvian team. And there, in the middle of a collection that could be worth millions, is the sweater. Gerd Müllerthe ‘Torpedo’, the all-time Bundesliga scorer with 365 celebrations.

Muller’s shirt has been in the care of Chumpitaz for more than fifty years. It was in the World Cup in Mexico and it meant the respect that both had for each other.

Don Héctor told Depor, days before Russia 2018.

“It is a special shirt because it belonged to the top scorer of that World Cup (he scored 10 goals). Logically from experience they beat us, but it is a satisfaction to have it. The best memory a defender can have is the opponent who caused him the most problems.”, added ‘Chumpi’. There is no doubt that Müller made his life miserable, since he scored all three of Germany’s goals in that match between 19, 26 and 39 minutes, according to statistical records.

Jorge Arriola Muller, the memories of the Peruvian who lived 14 World Cups

He was fortunate to be in the World Cup changing rooms of the Peruvian team. Whether as team leader, loyal fan or friend of the protagonists; Jorge Arriola Muller, affectionately known as ‘Chupo’, has been cataloged as “the king of the World Cups” or “the biggest fan in the world”. , he tells us he from Frankfurt. Yes, the endless Peruvian will now be present in Peru vs. Germany this Saturday.

He was born in Berlin during the Second World War.. His father, the grandson of Peruvian landowners, had gone to study medicine in Germany and married a local lady there. Jorge is the only boy of six siblings. He has two children and four grandchildren. Since childhood he was passionate about soccer. He was the children’s national champion with Mariscal Sucre in 1955 and seven years later he joined the Nicolini Chorrillos Association team that won promotion to the first professional division of Peruvian soccer.

He didn’t play professionally because he was Backus’s Public Relations manager, but he clearly deserves a medal of honor for the sport for being a globetrotter who carries the red-and-white flag on his back. His love story with the World Cups started in England in 1966. It was only interrupted in 1974, since he did not decide to go to Germany because of the elimination of Peru. he remembers.

Arriola saw live the ‘Hand of God’ and Maradona’s ‘Goal of the Century’ against England in Mexico 86, Zidane’s header against Materazzi in Germany 2006 and Messi’s last consecration in Qatar. And, of course, he was present at the first Peru vs. Germany in Mexico 70. In fact, not only does he treasure the best memories of that game, but he also has the jersey of Klaus Fischer who played that match.

Don Jorge tells us.

For Arriola, as for many who lived through that time, the generation of ’70 was the best in the history of the Peruvian national team. he points out. “Now football doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter how it’s played, it only matters the result and who scored the goals,” he adds, criticizing modern football.

They have written to Jorge from all over the world. Collectors who want that green shirt. But, according to his words, they will never get it. “I have always answered them no. I have not bought them and I am not selling them. They are my memories, what I lived, part of my life “, affirms the man who will live his third Peru vs. Germany. He was in Mexico 70 that had Didi on the bench, in the 2018 friendly led by Ricardo Gareca and now he will do so in the era of Juan Reynoso. The technicians pass, he doesn’t. He continues perennial.