Gianluca Lapadula and an impossible mission in Peru vs. Brazil: Scoring at Home for Qualifiers After Two Decades | Peruvian team NCZD DTCC | SPORT-TOTAL

The fingers of one hand are enough to count the ‘headdresses’ they scored on Brazil at home wearing the sacred Bicolor in an official match: Juan Emilio Salines in 1949, Enrique Cassaretto (twice) and Teófilo Cubillas in 1975, Juan Pajuelo in 2001 and Paolo Guerrero in 2019. In fact, if we only count the Qualifiers, Pajuelo is the only one; the others were for the Copa America. The ex-coach of University until the recent arrival of Gregorio Perez marked in the last tie (1-1) that removed the Peruvian selection in Brazilian lands. With this data on, two decades later, Gianluca Lapadula will go to the Amazon giant to look for his first goal in a World Cup qualifier. He will do so this Thursday (7:30 pm) at Brazil Vs. Peru for the 10th date of the South American pageant.

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The Italian-Peruvian first put on the white-and in November 2020 against Chile in Santiago. Since then it has disputed four encounter more (309 minutes altogether) by Eliminatory without being able to inflate the networks, although it gave two attendances in his consecratory party around Quito. Last Thursday, in the 1-0 victory over Venezuela, he had some chances, but goalkeeper Wuilker Fariñez prevented him from celebrating with the 9,000 fans who reached the National.

In the Copa America in Brazil, from where he fell in love with Peru with his dedication on the field and his gestures outside of it, he did score. Three goals and two assists to be the best of the national team for CONMEBOL. It wrote down to him in Ecuador, Paraguay and Colombia by maternal within the four best ones of the continent.

“After the America’s Cup my family received me very well, we had a party when I came back, with food. I told them it was something very strong and very good. I want to take my whole family to meet the Peru “, He pointed out this Tuesday before the trip of the Bicolor to Recife to face the match against the Canarinha.

“I’m happy coming to Peru, every day I still think I can’t live without Peru”, He added, making clear the love he feels for the country where his mother was born. Inca veins run through his veins and he proves it in every game with the national team. It leaves soul, sweat and even teeth.

Lapadula will be the ‘9’ starter against Brazil this Thursday. With the confirmed absence of Paolo Guerrero due to suspension, the ‘Bambino’ commanded the attack on the team that stopped Ricardo Gareca in the last training session. Pere Gallese; Aldo Cabirol (would enter by Luis Advíncula, who is in chapel), Anderson Santamaría, Alexander Callens, Marcos Lopez; Renato Tàpia, Yoshimar Yotún, Edison Flores; Christian Cova and André Carrillo are the other ten that the coach would command on the field.

Joining Brazil, a titanic task

Beating Brazil in itself is already extremely difficult, no matter where you play. Winning at home is an almost impossible mission. In its nearly 100-year history, Scratch has lost just six official home games. One of them in 1975, for the Copa America, against Peru Champion led by Marc Calderón and defended by the heroes of our parents: Chumpitaz, Meléndez, Sotil, Cubillas and other demigods of yesteryear. The data measures how invincible the Brazilian team is, but if anything Ricardo Gareca has taught us since he took over as coach (2015) is to be believed. The ‘Tiger’, like Don Marcs, made the dream possible: Year 2016, United States, goal by Raúl Ruidíaz.

The Peruvian team visited the world champion on 20 occasions (seven for the Copa America, five for the qualifiers and eight for friendlies). And the overall balance obviously leans for the local: 16 wins, one defeat and one draw. We beat them in the first leg of the 1975 CA semifinals with two goals from ‘Loco’ Cassaretto and a Teófilo Cubillas and we took a point with the goal of Juan Pajuelo in the qualifiers for Korea-Japan 2022.

The overall record records 49 duels, five Peruvian victories, nine draws and 35 victories for the Brazilians. The first courtship before the Scratch was in the South American Championship (today America Glass) of 1953 with goal of Luis Navarrete. Twenty-one years later, Cassatto and Cubillas reminded us of the feeling of that joy.

In a friendly played in Brasília in 1985, Julio César Uribe awarded the target — and his third victory against the verdeamarela. The last two victories came in the era of Ricardo Gareca -data to value more this team-: first in the Copa America 2016 with the controversial goal of the ‘Flea’ Ruidíaz and then in the friendly played in Los Angeles with both Luis Abram. Faced with the possibility that Brazil will no longer play at home in their home country due to the scandal in the classic against Argentina, many fans did their best to make Thursday’s clash take place in North America, which obviously will not happen.

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