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MerahWhite.com – Canada narrowly won 1-0 against Peru in the second match of Group A of the Copa America 2024 at Children’s Mercy Park, United States, Wednesday (26/6) morning WIB.

Canada took the lead thanks to Jonathan David’s lone goal in the 74th minute, after receiving a pass from substitute Jacob Shaffelburg.

The goal was created thanks to a quick attacking pattern, following a corner taken by the Peruvian national team. In this match, the Canadian national team coach, Jesse Marsch, fielded M Crepeau, A Johnston, Moise Bombito, Cornelius, Alphonso Davies, Richie Laryea, Kone, Eustaquio, L Millar, J David and C Larin as starters, with a score of 5- 2 formations -3.

Meanwhile, Peru, captained by Jorge Fossati, was reinforced by Pedro Gallese, Miguel Araujo, Carlos Zambrano, A Callens, Andy Polo, Marcos Lopez, Wilder Cartagena, Sergio Pena, Piero Quispe, Gianluca Lapadula and Edison Flores at the start of countryside. match and used a 5-3-2.

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In the first 15 minutes of the first half, the game was fierce, as both teams played attackingly.

Canadian player Eustaquio tried to penetrate the right side of the Peruvian defence and pass forward, but the flow of the ball was quickly cut off by goalkeeper Gallese.

Until the 25th minute, the pace of the game decreased as both teams expected each other and were cautious in attacking.

Before the refreshing break in the 28th minute, Quispe took a shot but failed as it was pushed back by Crépeau. Quispe received a pass from Pena who first made a cut inside the move.

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>After the cooling break, it was Canada’s turn to put pressure on Larin again. However, his shot went over the crossbar.

In the 33rd minute, Peru rejoiced thanks to a goal scored by Gianluca Lapadula. But in reality, the goal was disallowed by the referee, because player number 14 was already in an offside position when Pena gave the pass from a free kick.

The decision by referee Mario Escobar was made after checking the video assistant referee (VAR). After the disallowed goal, Peru took the initiative to build many attacks.

Lapadula repeatedly threatened Crépeau’s goal but failed to score. Finally, in the first half, his horizontal kick again deflected into the left corner of the goal.

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At the end of the first half, the statistics showed that possession of the ball was 50 percent for both teams. During the second half, the match heated up when new Canadian player Jacob Shaffelburg was tackled hard by Miguel Araujo in the 54th minute.

A number of Canadian players rushed towards Araujo, considering the foul to be very dangerous. The referee then took the initiative to check the VAR and eventually decided that Araujo had been given a red card.

After this incident, Canada had more freedom to attack the Peruvian defense. Obviously, Shaffelberg passed to Larin and David several times, causing problems for the Gallese goalkeeper.

Both teams recovered a lot of players in the second half. 66th minute Buchanan replaces Laryea. Meanwhile, Peru replaced their striker Lapadula with Paulo Guerrero.

Faced with this goal, Fossati’s team did not remain silent. In the 91st minute, on a cross from behind towards Cristian Cueva who was in the opposing penalty area, he followed up with a volley. However, the ball was saved by Crépeau.

This effort was the latest to threaten Canada’s objective. In the end, the score did not change and remained 1-0 in favor of Canada.

According to the match statistics, more than 29 violations were committed by both national teams. Meanwhile, before meeting, Peru and Canada failed to score in the first match.

The difference is that Peru drew 0-0 against Chile, while Canada lost to defending champions Argentina with a score of 0-2.

Canada’s goal was broken by Julian Alvarez in the 49th minute and Lautaro Martinez in the 88th minute. After playing two Group A matches at the 2024 Copa America, Canada has three points, while Peru has one. (*)