Jun 21, 2024, 10:17 PM ET
Chile and Peru opened fire with the inaugural duel for both at the AT&T Stadium in Texas, United States, in a duel valid for the first day of group A of the America Cup.
The match was experienced in an important audience setting, both Chileans and Peruvians, who made their presence known through the singing of the anthems.
Regarding game development, The clearest arrival was for Chile at 15 minutes at the feet of Alexis Sánchez. The Tocopillano wasted an imminent scoring opportunity, after receiving a low pass from Víctor Dávila, but could not finish with a shot that went over the crossbar.
Peru only disturbed Claudio Bravo’s goal at 42′ after a stopped ball and a Peruvian header that was well controlled by the experienced Chilean captain.
On the other hand, the squad led by Jorge Fossati regretted the forced departure of Luis Advíncula, who was injured and had to be replaced after 35 minutes of play.
In the complement, Gareca sent Darío Osorio to the field instead of Diego Valdés, who, almost at the end of the first half, also presented physical discomfort.
In the second half we saw a sharper Peruvian teamadvancing its lines somewhat and getting closer to the Chilean goal.
It was like this that Gianluca Lapadula was able to open the account, with a ball that was at his mercy inside the area after a half-clearance, but his shot came loose into Bravo’s gloves.
After the lack of arrivals in the Chilean attack, the Argentine strategist decided on a couple of changes in the offensive at 65′, with the arrivals of Ben Brereton and Marcos Bolados to replace Víctor Dávila and Eduardo Vargas.
Despite the changes, the reality did not change much for Chile, On the contrary, since Peru had another clear chance in the 80th minute, after a corner center that Lapadula connected again, demanding Bravo with a double containment due to the threat of Paolo Guerrero, who had just entered the Bicolor.
The Chilean National Team tried with some more approaches led by Alexis, but without the necessary clarity to break the 0-0, final result that left both teams with one point in group A of the competition that they share with Argentina and Canada.
The next match for La Roja will be on Tuesday, June 25, against Argentina, the leader of its zone that defeated Canada 2-0 in its debut.
