Great win for Peru against Chile playing at home in Miami

This October 12, the stands of the Hard Rock Stadium were dyed in red white to receive more than just a football match, the Pacific Classic.

As expected, in Miami, among the 34,016 fans, the selection of the strip was the majority, motivated by the results that this good group of Peruvian players has collected, very well directed by the Argentine Ricardo Gareca. And they left very happy.

"I want to thank the people. Everything we do is for them and we try to give them the best satisfaction, "said Inca team coach Ricardo Gareca. "If they are happy, we still more".

Peru did not beat Chile, since March 22, 2013 when he defeated 1-0; However, after losing four times he managed to qualify above the Red for the World Cup, which despite being a friendly gave the game a special character.

And it was. Not because of its hardness but because of its quality.

In a very disputed match, with a time for each team, the Peruvian team achieved a great result by beating 3-0 to a renewed Chilean eleven, who has only recently started a new process with coach Reinaldo Rueda.

"When we were better playing, the goal came from Peru, perhaps when we were recovering our memory," Rueda said. "Today there were men who, because they did not come with a rhythm, felt like Nicolás (Castillo), Junior (Fernandes) or Ángelo (Sagal) who came from an injury".

The three goals came in the second half. Enzo Roco scored the first in own door, and later Pedro Aquino got the other two.

"The game was very disputed, between two teams trying to take hold. Although the result was broad, playing with Chile was complicated, Gareca said. "After the first goal we could hold up well. I want to congratulate the guys after two defeats, winning this game is important.

At the 63rd minute, when Chile attacked, the first player from Peru arrived when Andre Carrillo, after snatching the ball from Ignacio Jeraldino, took out a poisoned cross that went into the far post, over the goalkeeper Fernando Paul, that the defender Roco ended up putting in his own goal.

After 74 came the second of Peru, the work of the newly admitted Aquino, who received a good pass in the penalty spot Edison Flores, after having led a good backlash by the left wing.

85 Christian Cuevas again went to the left and gave it to Felipe Gutierrez, who after crashing his shot in the body of Paul, gave it to Aquino who after a cut got a cross shot to the right of goalkeeper to the networks.

Peru was better in the first half and their best chance came in the 30th minute, when Raúl Ruidíaz, just before the goal, finished off the body of a defender Enzo Roco.

The second was for the Red, but missed too much to Alexis Sanchez and after the carousel of changes allowed liberties in defense that cost him the three goals and the game.

Despite the defeat, and the two goals of Aquino, Arturo Vidal was the best on the court, not only cutting the Inca advances but he took over midfield, delivering game with a clear meridian of his own hierarchy.

The national teams of Chile and Peru lined up the same men we expected, except for Matías Fernández who played instead of Lorenzo Reyes.

Chile: Fernando de Paul; Mauricio Isla, Enzo Roco, Guillermo Maripán and Eugenio Mena; Matías Fernández, Gary Medel and Arturo Vidal; Junior Fernández, Nicolás Castillo and Ángelo Sagal.

Peru: Pedro Gallese; Luis Advíncula, Christian Ramos, Anderson Santamaría and Miguel Trauco; Renato Tapia, Yoshimar Yotún, Edison Flores; Christian Cueva, André Carrillo and Raúl Ruidíaz.

In the end the Classic of the Pacific was deservedly for the team of the strip, for the Red one a hard defeat.