The maximum penalty for the Peruvian team was monumental | CHRONICLE

It hurts because the outcome could be changed. Because, regardless of the adverse development of the game, that penalty of Yoshimar Yotún He confirmed that even if it was a goal option we were going to have. It hurts to have lost 1-0 with Argentina, because the direct rivals added. Because Qatar It has not disappeared, but it begins to drift away. Once again we will tirelessly repeat a shot from the twelve steps. It hurts to repeat stories. That maximum penalty, at the River Plate stadium, has been monumental.

Things for the Peruvian selectiona have unfortunately changed. Four years ago, Peru was filled with buenos aires in its visit to the albiceleste (0-0 draw) and approached Russia 2018; Last night the fatigue and discouragement have left the World Cup illusion almost without respite for 2022. We lost, Chile thrashed and Ecuador tied.

We are not eliminated from the World Cup. Such a painful sentence will appear like a ghost in 30 days. Only in November will we know if we will continue competing in the last dates. Never like today has Peru been so surrounded by little faith. The bets were unanimous votes in favor of the “Scaloneta” albiceleste. By background of the two teams. By antecedents of the two teams and by the Argentine locality.

The development of the first half did correspond with that favoritism. The national team, in the first 45 minutes, did not play the game. Suffered it. Only two options of Lapadula and nothing more. Argentina he had almost 70 percent possession of the ball. The pressure of those led by Scaloni overwhelmed Peru. The most correct thing about the bicolor was to close the circuits in the middle attacking sector. Neutralizing Messi was the greatest merit last night.

In the complement, the sides (Lora and Trauco) went a little further ahead and the entry of Jefferson Farfan He confirmed what it is difficult for us to accept: the Alianza Lima attacker is the closest thing to an irreplaceable crack. At 36 years old and rehabilitated from a very hard injury, the ’10’ still manages to be the most dangerous of us. It touches to recognize it. Although it also hurts.

Farfan he had the physical rest to know how to take advantage of the backs of the Argentine defense and stay hand in hand with ‘Dibujos’ Martínez, who knocked him down in the area. The Alianza attacker could not kick him, because he left the field to be treated. Yoshimar Yotún decided to take over and burst the stick at 65 ‘.

That tie, rather than making us jump on the table, was going to restore our lost confidence. Having that winning conviction again is worth as much as one point in La Paz and Buenos Aires. We must forget about sentences. We must leave behind guilt and criminal codes.