Between injuries and suspensions: Guerrero’s way of the cross that forces him to ask to leave Inter

“How long until I get back to my level? First resolve the issue of my knee, which seems to not want to let me play “. The smile that he outlined in the last words of his statement tried, unsuccessfully, to hide his true feelings: helplessness, resignation. Far from happiness for the victory against Chile, Jose Paolo Guerrero he lived his own way of the cross. A day later he was called out of the peruvian team and this Monday, in the afternoon, Brazilian media reported that the forward is negotiating with his club, Inter de Porto Alegre, to terminate his contract that ends at the end of the year.

“Sport Club Internacional announces that the athlete Paolo Guerrero has requested a dispensation to attend to private matters. The athlete’s club and staff are meeting to discuss the contractual relationship, in a friendly manner. Once there is a concrete definition about the future of the player, we will make it known”said the Porto Alegre-based institution to the various media in Brazil.

The relationship between club and player has not been the best this year. In May, the club made known its annoyance with the actions of Paolo’s agent for declaring to the media an alleged intention of the footballer not to extend their bond. In September, Paulo Bracks, a soccer executive at ‘Colorado’, pointed out that it was difficult for the forward to renew his contract. “We have a contract with the player until December 31 and the expectation is that it is fulfilled, of course”he declared.

A little over two months after he stopped being an Inter player, Paolo Guerrero would have decided to terminate his contract. One of the reasons would be the issue of your knee. . From today on, the illusion of the Alliance fan of see Paolo and Jefferson Farfán together in Matute. Will the dream come true? Everything will depend on the physical of the historical scorer of the selection.

From heaven to hell

In mid-2012, Paolo Guerrero decided to leave Germany, a country that welcomed him since he was 17 years old, and come to South America. Tite’s Corinthians signed him with the intention of strengthening himself for the Club World Cup. . At the International Stadium in Yokohama, Japan, he gave the world title to the Brazilian team.

His journey through Brazilian lands started in the best way. And he continued like this in the first after years with the ‘Timao’, also winning a South American Recopa, a Paulista and a Brasileirao. In addition, he scored 52 goals in 126 games. Although the one that scored against Chelsea is worth a thousand.

Then he went to Flamengo and, based on goals, he continued to stretch his legend in Brazilian soccer and conquer the crooked of the largest club in that country. However, amid the happiness and festivities, the attacker suffered a severe setback. A blow that almost knocked him out if not because he is a warrior.

In November 2017, after the tie between Peru and Colombia for the Qualifiers that gave us access to the World Cup playoffs, the ‘Paolo Guerrero Case’ was uncovered. The FPF reported that the anti-doping test performed on the soccer player yielded an adverse analytical result in the test of the duel against Argentina, in October of that year.. In Spanish: . The player was temporarily suspended by FIFA for 30 days while the investigations were carried out.

In January 2018, FIFA announced the suspension for one year of all competition to the footballer. At that time, he was missing the 2018 World Cup. The dream for which he fought so hard was getting out of hand. The former Alianza Lima appealed for the punishment to be reduced to six months and thus go to Russia with the national team. And so it was, but he did not stay with his arms crossed and kept fighting to prove his innocence.

In May he appealed to the TAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) to be definitively exonerated. And when he was active with Flamengo, on the 14th of that month, the CAS extended the sanction to 14 months, with which he was once again out of Russia 2018. As a last resort to be able to continue working, Guerrero filed an appeal for annulment before the Swiss Federal Court to suspend his sanction. At the end of that month, this court accepted the precautionary measure and the footballer was allowed to play.

After playing the world Cup and score a goal in the 2-0 win over Australia, in August 2018, the Swiss Federal Court decided to revoke the measure in favor of Guerrero, with which the footballer had to finish serving his disqualification. A punishment that ended only in April, with the attacker already in another club (Inter de Porto Alegre).

The months passed, Paolo began to respond with goals to his signing. .

In April, when he was getting ready to contest the America’s Cup 2021 -the sixth for him- with the Peruvian team, he again felt pain in the affected area. And again to watch the games from home: six weeks out for a new knee surgery. This also affected its performance with the Bicolor. In the Qualifying Qatar 2022 He only played five games (258 minutes) and has not been able to score goals. He also did not go to the continental tournament, he returned in August and now he has stopped everything to recover. He wants to be one hundred percent to return the next year as what he is: a warrior.