BREAKING: Comfortable victory for Spain against Peru (1-3), which gains confidence and begins to fuel days before its debut in the World Cup
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Six days before the World Cup premiere, Luis de la Fuente showed in Puebla (Mexico), in the friendly against Peru, what he aims to be his starting eleven in the debut against Cape Verde. He did it successfully, he showed that he is clear about the plan. Oyarzabal, Pedri and a goal from goalkeeper Pedro Gallese, an own goal (1-3) gave our team a peaceful victory in a match with objectives achieved. Gain the rhythm of the competition, win and close the second and last friendly without injuries. Plenary session for Spain on Monday in Puebla, where he played again 40 years later. The same city in which, in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, Eloy Olaya missed the penalty against Belgium in the quarterfinals. A barrier, that of the quarterfinals, that was not broken until 24 years later, when Spain won its first and only World Cup to date. Now the goal of achieving the second world championship is back on the table. The Spanish expedition does not hide its ambition. Enjoy your favorite status. At least one of them, arriving as European champion. And this Monday the real preparation began. After a start to concentration with conditions, with up to 10 players missing for the first friendly against Iraq (1-1), in which nine players who were not part of the squad for the World Cup played, the match against Peru put a real test of level on the table. Not because of the rival, Peru, out of the World Cup and with only two victories in the previous 12 games. The Peruvian team, in the midst of a reconstruction process, was not a tough opponent for a Spain that has a different rhythm. The score lasted 101 seconds. How long it took for Mikel Oyarzabal to reinforce his status as the Spanish team’s starting forward, with his sixth straight game scoring. The ’21’ received with his back to the goal, turned around, saw goalkeeper Pedro Gallese in a bad position and shot with his left foot from outside the area to make it 0-1. A Spanish team that is gaining confidence and gaining momentum, with Ferran Torres, author of the only goal against Iraq, as a constant threat on the right wing. He served a low ball to Baena in the 16th minute, but missed the shot; and he repeated it later, in the 32nd, for his friend, Pedri, who did not fail to double the advantage. Action in which Oyarzabal attracted the attention of the defense, with unmarking movements at the near post and leaving position so that Pedri, one of the players most applauded by the fans who gathered at the Cuauhtémoc stadium, celebrated his seventh goal for Spain. Luis de la Fuente, without being able to count on two players due to injury. Under normal circumstances they would be starters – Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams – he used the first 45 minutes as a test for the debut and in the second half he wanted to give minutes to less common players. Four changes at half-time. One of them was the goalkeeper, coming in for David Raya instead of Unai Simón, and without lowering the level. A second half in which Gallese, the Peruvian goalkeeper, was signaled, when a cross from Yeremy Pino entered his goal in the 53rd minute. A cross that seemed not to find a finisher, but the Peruvian goalkeeper, when trying to clear it, changed direction and ended up becoming the third goal of the game for Spain. The goalkeeper was wrong. Peruvian team, although the Latin American team was also not successful in attack and did not take advantage of the space behind the Spanish defense, its weak point, until the 66th minute. Jairo Vélez, born in Ecuador and naturalized in 2026 to play for the Peruvian team, continued his love affair with the goal: fourth goal in four games. Against Spain, taking advantage of a mismatch in a lateral pass by Marcos López. The only one but to a Spanish team that slowed down the pace as the minutes passed, without taking risks and with its mind set on June 15, in the debut in the World Cup against Cape Verde. Technical sheet: – Peru: Gallese; Marcos López (Matias Zegarra, m.87), Renzo Garcés, Fabio Gruber, Oliver Sonne (Marco Huaman, m.87); Jesús Pretell (Rodrigo Vilca, m.87), Noriega (Alfonso Barco, m.62), Yotún (André Carrillo, m.62) ; Jairo Vélez (Jairo Concha, m.87), Vidales (Maxloren Castro, m.62) and Ugarriza (Quiroz, m.75).- Spain: Unai Simón (David Raya, m.46); Marcos Llorente (Pedro Porro, m.69), Cubarsí (Marc Pubill, m.61), Laporte (Eric García, m.46); Cucurella (Grimaldo, m.69); Rodri (Zubimendi, m.61), Pedri (Mikel Merino, m.61), Fabián (Dani Olmo, m.46); Ferran Torres (Borja Iglesias, m.69), Oyarzabal (Yeremy Pino, m.46) and Baena (Gavi, m.61).Goals: 0-1, m.2: Oyarzabal. 0-2, m.32: Pedri. 0-3, m.53: Gallese (pp). 1-3, m.66: Jairo Vélez. Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico). He cautioned Renzo Garcés (m.86), in Peru. Incidents: Friendly match prior to the start of the World Cup that was played at the Cuauhtémoc stadium (Puebla, Mexico).
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