A solvent Peruvian team achieved a 0-1 victory against South Korea in Busan, a result that helps them gain confidence to face the World Cup qualifiers in September despite not being able to have weight names like Gianluca Lapadula, Luis Advíncula or Carlos Zambrano.
The Koreans, for their part, also accused, even more if possible, the absence of their two key players, Captain Son Heung-minwho is recovering from a recent groin surgery, and center back Kim Min-jae, who is completing compulsory military service.
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The red and white started from minute one focused and attentive to the positional game, unlike the Asians, who were half a second behind each play, with their minds more focused on the absence of their stars.
In this dynamic, after 4 minutes, the Peruvian pressure left him Paolo Guerrero -starting today in favor of Alex Valera- a loose ball on the edge of the area that the veteran 9, 39, tried to combat, forcing Kim Seung-gyu to do a big stretch.
Paolo Guerrero assists in the goal
At startup those of Reynoso They easily found passing lanes past the midfield and in one of those good permutations Guerrero again received on the front line and waited to drag the central defenders before yielding to an unmarked Reyna on his left.
The man from Alianza Lima had all the time in the world to step on the area, control and stamp the goal into the South Korean goal with his left foot.
For the next few minutes Peru felt comfortable; His forward pressure barely allowed the Koreans to carburete, unable to opt for the dizzying transitions they love so much.
Kang-in Lee enters the scene
The Taeguk Warriors barely began to generate a sense of danger when two of their most talented men, Lee Jae-sung and Lee Kang-in, They lent themselves to unraveling the game, almost always with maneuvers at first touch.
In the absence of Captain Son Heung-minthe Mallorca player knew that the focus was on him today, and after half an hour he found the hole to launch a left-footed shot from outside the area that forced the best intervention of Gallesse.
Second part without owner
The second section lacked an owner and both squads had their alternatives, such as a one-on-one for Oh Hyeon-gyu that Gallese solved again coming out with everything after a dangerous loss of the Peruvian defense on the right flank.
quarter of an hour Reynoso suddenly opted for four changess simultaneous -Callens, Trauco, Aquino and Flores left for Santamaría, Abram, Cartagena and Cueva- that somewhat interrupted the rhythm of the red-and-white.
Guerrero was able to sentence
Even so, Guerrero was able to score up to two times inside the area after a good raid on the left side, but the tangle of Korean legs prevented it.
As the minutes passed, South Korea began to tighten moresy Gallese shined again, taking a dive header from Lee Kang-in with a quarter of an hour still to go.
Kang-in Lee, the best Korean asset
Cho Gue-sung, who came on for the ill-advised Oh, then came within a foot of the goal when crossing with his head a shipment from the mallorquinista, increasingly omnipresent as the horn approached.
Without many more arguments, the Asians finally entrusted themselves to the balls to Lee’s box, who searched and searched without luck for the forwards, well contained until the end by the Peruvian defense.
The result and the management of the match serve those of Reynoso to face another thorny duel on Tuesday against Japanwhile Klinsmann is at least certain that in Kang-in he has a talent full of present and future.
Data sheet
South Korea: Kim Seung-gyu; Ahn Hyeon-beom (Na San-ho, m.85), Jung Seung-hyun, Park Ji-su, Lee Ki-je (Park Kyu-hyun, m.85); Won Du-jae (Park Yong-woo, m.73), Hwang In-beom, Lee Kang-in; Lee Jae-sung (Hong Hyun-seok, m.62), Hwang Hee-chan (Hwang Ui-jo, m.85) and Oh Hyeon-gyu (Cho Gue-sung, m.62).
Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann.
Peru: Pedro Gallese; Jhilmar Lora, Miguel Araujo, Alexander Callens (Anderson Santamaría, m.58), Miguel Trauco (Luis Abram, m.58); Pedro Aquino (Wilder Cartagena, m.58), Yosimar Yotún; Bryan Reyna (Sergio Peña, m.80), Christofer Gonzáles, Edison Flores (Christian Cueva, m.58); and Paolo Guerrero (Alex Valera, m.70).
Coach: Juan Reynoso.
Goal: 0-1, m.11: Bryan Reyna.
Referee: Shaun Evans (AU). He admonished Jhilmar Lora (m.49).
Incidents: Friendly match played at the Busan Asiada Stadium with an almost full house – some 52,000 attendees – and played with a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius and 55% humidity.
