Chili beat this Friday Peru 2-1 in a friendly match played at the Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida, in Santiago, where both teams, immersed in a renovation, began to outline a new process for the 2030 World Cup after failing to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
With an own goal Matias Lazo in the 94th minute, in a shot at the Chilean’s goal Maximiliano Gutiérrez, Victory was defined in the last play of the match, after the match scoring opened with a goal from the Peruvian César Inga, at minute 40, and the tie of Ben Brereton at 62.
The Pacific classic left a balance of 47 Chilean wins, 16 draws and 24 Peruvian victories.
A more offensive Chilean team in the first half, with speed and direct attacks, showed itself against its counterpart from Peru, but had the same finishing problems that prevented it from winning games in the past South American qualifiers.
Under the command of the U-17 coach, Sebastian Miranda, La Roja looked more confident and loose on offense, but also had to apply themselves in defense against the rival’s counterattacks.
In a great individual play by the Universitario side Cesar Inga The first and only Peruvian goal fell, in the 40th minute, when entering the area and with a hitch he took off the mark to define crossed and beat the goal Lawrence Vigouroux.
The Chilean team spent more time dominating the rival area in the first half, but failed in the winger’s shots. Lucas Cepeda, of the steering wheel Javier Altamirano and from the forward Gonzalo Tapia.
La Roja used the wings with speed to place dangerous low centers in the area, thus generating the majority of their attacks against a Peruvian defense that was also firm to clear.
The red and white, in charge of the interim coach Manuel Barreto, He had already warned before the goal of his intentions to open the scoring with a ball that the 17-year-old attacker Maxloren Castro could not specify and a center that the central Benjamin Kuscevic saved at the mouth of the arch.
Chile began the second half with the intention of equalizing, but Brereton He missed an opportunity with a ball that ended up hitting the base of the post and went out.
Peru wove its game more with the offensive midfielder Jairo Concha and the extreme Joao Grimaldo, while the Chileans played with more elaboration from the middle forward, but with less rhythm.
Brereton sentence
La Roja also generated more options in the rival goal and, in the 62nd minute, Brereton converted when pushing a low cross that the midfielder sent Vicente Pizarro from the left flank.
Coach Barreto took the opportunity to also make his debut for 18-year-old midfielder Felipe Chávez, who plays in German Bayern Munich II, while the Chilean coach Miranda did the same with Lautaro Millán, the youth who played in the U-20 World Cup, who entered in the 83rd minute.
The midfielder born in Argentina, with a Chilean father, who plays for Independiente in that country, had expressed his desire to play for La Roja, although he had the option of doing so with the Albiceleste and with his debut his membership was settled.
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“I am very happy for the opportunity and I thank my club and Gustavo Quinteros, who let me stay to fulfill my dream,” declared Millán at the end of the match that was decided by Lazo’s own goal in added time.
