1-0. Mbappé strikes down Peru and puts France in the round o
Jan 10, 2024 21:59:53 GMT -6
Post by mesi10 on Jan 10, 2024 21:59:53 GMT -6
A goal from Kylian Mbappé, who entered the restricted group of scorers under 20 years of age in the World Cup, gave France qualification for the round of 16 in Russia and put an end to Peru's dream, which was mathematically eliminated upon its return. to the competition 36 years later.
Cruel luck for a team that demonstrated the ability to rub shoulders with the greats, that looked into the eyes of the European runners-up, full of stars but that, as happened in its debut last Saturday against Denmark, paid dearly for its lack of aim in a competition where every gesture has a price.
The red and white will have to take lessons Binance App Users Data from a World Cup that they reached after a series of 15 duels without defeat and where they added two in a row. The team that had scored 29 goals in 20 games in the qualifying phase has not scored any in the first two games of the World Cup.
Ricardo Gareca's team jumped onto the Yekaterinburg field, packed with Peruvian throats ready to cheer him on, knowing that the only result that would leave them out of the competition was defeat, because the draw between Denmark and Australia left them alive if they didn't. lose.
Gareca rehabilitated Paolo Guerrero at the top of the attack and left Jefferson Farfán on the bench, in search of a solution that would resolve the lack of success in the first duel.
But again they missed the same stone. It was not as blatant as against the Scandinavians, because the opponent was of higher quality, but Peru carried the weight of the match, looked for the rival goal more and had chances to, at least, not go away defeated.
They will regret until they cry the missed chances again, especially the one that Guerrero had at 31 minutes in a good play by Christian Cueva, saved by the French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who was celebrating his 100th game between the sticks; and the one that crashed into the crossbar in the 50th minute by Pedro Aquino, starter due to the physical problems suffered by Renato Tapia.
Cruel luck for a team that demonstrated the ability to rub shoulders with the greats, that looked into the eyes of the European runners-up, full of stars but that, as happened in its debut last Saturday against Denmark, paid dearly for its lack of aim in a competition where every gesture has a price.
The red and white will have to take lessons Binance App Users Data from a World Cup that they reached after a series of 15 duels without defeat and where they added two in a row. The team that had scored 29 goals in 20 games in the qualifying phase has not scored any in the first two games of the World Cup.
Ricardo Gareca's team jumped onto the Yekaterinburg field, packed with Peruvian throats ready to cheer him on, knowing that the only result that would leave them out of the competition was defeat, because the draw between Denmark and Australia left them alive if they didn't. lose.
Gareca rehabilitated Paolo Guerrero at the top of the attack and left Jefferson Farfán on the bench, in search of a solution that would resolve the lack of success in the first duel.
But again they missed the same stone. It was not as blatant as against the Scandinavians, because the opponent was of higher quality, but Peru carried the weight of the match, looked for the rival goal more and had chances to, at least, not go away defeated.
They will regret until they cry the missed chances again, especially the one that Guerrero had at 31 minutes in a good play by Christian Cueva, saved by the French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who was celebrating his 100th game between the sticks; and the one that crashed into the crossbar in the 50th minute by Pedro Aquino, starter due to the physical problems suffered by Renato Tapia.