The peruvian team They won 0-1 this Friday against El Salvador in a friendly played in Philadelphia (United States) in which, despite being superior to the Central Americans, the Bicolor did not shine and thus cast doubts on their performance in the Copa América. which will begin on June 20. Peru will be Argentina’s third rival in the group stage.
The last friendly of the Peruvians before starting the regional tournament against Chile on June 21 for date 1 of Group A, left the Subaru Park stands cold, in which the fans of the South American country reigned.
The first scoring opportunity was for Peru, when a shot by Edison Flores in the 14th minute was skillfully saved by goalkeeper Mario González.
Flores again, in the 17th minute, took advantage of a bad rebound from an El Salvador defender and with a half-turned shot scored the first and only goal of the game.
The second half began with a penalty in favor of the Peruvians that Gianluca Lapadula missed, which was followed by a corner that ended with another scoring opportunity by Marcos López that could not be realized.
And in the 58th minute, the replacement for El Salvador’s goalkeeper, Tomás Romero, who plays for New York City FC of the Major League Soccer, excelled by saving his goal after two attempts by Flores.
Pedro Gallese avoided the clearest scoring opportunity in the 76th minute for the Salvadorans, who will face Guatemala in another friendly on July 27.
