What happened to Diego Palacios’ shirt? He changed it with a Peruvian player, reveals a sports newspaper

In the 66th minute, the Ecuadorian national team player Ayrton Preciado He complained of pain on the floor and, when it was confirmed that he would not be able to continue in the match on date 16 against Peru, due to the South American qualifier heading to Qatar 2022, the coach of the tricolor team, Gustavo Alfaroordered the entry of Diego Palacios, but he could not enter immediately because he did not have his shirt, since he had exchanged it with a player from the rival team, details the press of the southern country.

Video of the strong insult that Gustavo Alfaro launched for the lost shirt of Diego Palacios in the duel Peru vs. Ecuador

As the player from Los Angeles FC of the MLS did not have his clothing on, several minutes passed, during which time the tie (1-1) for the Incas came.

According to what was seen in the television shots, Palacios even listens to Alfaro’s technical instructions without his shirt, while he was looking for the lost jacket.

At the end of the match, the coach of the Ecuadorian team at a press conference said: “I don’t think there was a lack of concentration power there. There was a detail, because at the time that Ayrton Preciado was injured, I wanted to put him to Chiqui palaces, the t-shirt disappeared and that’s why we couldn’t make the change. When they bring the shirt, the referee had already put the ball in motion, we were missing a player and that’s where the play came (a goal that scored the tie). Therefore, the truth is the fatality that left us the fact that They are mistakes that we cannot makebecause there is a lot at stake.

This fact was echoed by the international press, and Peruvian journalists baptized Richard Buitrón, who accompanies the Ecuadorian team for several seasons, as “Peru’s prop”.

“Upon the arrival of the Tricolor team at Quito, the local press did not hesitate to seek the opinion of the players on the tie achieved in Peru, but especially the version of the props on the disappearance of the jersey of the Chiqui; sHowever, Buitrón preferred to remain silent and give his testimony only to the authorities”, details the newspaper page I release from Peru.

Elsewhere he adds: “For their part, the props did respond to questions from the local press. How did Diego Palacios’ shirt disappear? the response of one of the prop assistants was direct, since affirmed that the player of Los Angeles FC of the MLS exchanged his jacket with a player from the Peruvian national team at the end of the first half. (D)