Peru fell 1-0 to Canada on Tuesday at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas, on Matchday 2 of Group A of the 2024 Copa América. Jorge Fossati’s team ended up with ten men due to the expulsion of Miguel Araujo and is now in a difficult position in the preview of Argentina vs. Chile, the other two members of the group, in search of a ticket to the quarterfinals.
The debuting Canadian team celebrated its first victory in the Copa América, with a goal from Jonathan David, the first in history as well, against a Peru that mortgaged its classification to the quarterfinals of the tournament that is held in the United States and will be played its last chance against Lionel Scaloni’s team.
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{{msg}} {{msg}}The match had a temporary initial dominance by the South American team in the midst of intense heat that caused the second referee assistant to faint.
In the 34th minute Gianluca Lapadula scored with a header, into the goal of an immense Maxime Crépeau, after a cross from Marcos López but the assistant had the flag raised for offside.
In the final minutes of the first half, perhaps due to the intense heat that is registered in Kansas City, with a thermal sensation of 40 degrees inside the field, the second assistant referee, the Guatemalan Humberto Panjoj, collapsed on the field.
But it was in the second half when the team led by Jorge Fossati collapsed.
A red card in the 59th minute for Miguel Araujo for a violent tackle that the referee reviewed with the help of the VAR and David’s goal in the 74th minute sentenced the Peruvians and gave Canada the first victory in its brand-new history in the America Cups. .
