Student surpasses the master

Canchita gave them a gift and showed them that at 18 years old he kicks the ball like an experienced player from Universitario de Deportes. The young Paulo de La Cruz reminded Mayer Candelo at his best and defeated Juan Manuel Vargas, Jersson Vásquez, Werner Schuler, Horacio Benincasa, and César Huamantica in the penalty shootout after training at Campo Mar.

In goal, Patrick Zubczuk teamed up with the youth player Aamet Calderón, because Raúl Fernández did not train with his Universitario de Deportes teammates due to the injury that has been bothering him in recent weeks. The rules were clear: whoever misses a penalty shot will immediately be removed from the field, where the cream team had just finished training.

Juan Manuel Vargas started the penalty shootout with a goal, thanks to a mid-height shot to the left post of Calderón. Horacio Benincasa scored against Zubczuk, as did Jersson Vásquez. Meanwhile, César Huamantica and Paulo de la Cruz beat Calderón. It was all tied until the second round, where Vargas scored, but Benincasa hit the shot to the right post of Zubczuk. De la Cruz, Huamantica, Vásquez, and Schuler scored.

Schuler missed and 'el Loco' Vargas, Jersson Vásquez, De la Cruz, and César Huamantica continued in the competition. In the third round of penalties, 'el Loco' scored with a powerful shot to the left of Calderón. Unstoppable. Paulo de La Cruz, on the opposite side of the goalkeeper Zubczuk, and Huamantica, on the right side, also scored. Vásquez, who missed against Calderón, was eliminated.

In the fourth round, Huamantica missed and 'el Loco' and 'Canchita', the finalists, remained. Juan Manuel Vargas wanted to beat the young player by going first. The strong shot from 'el Loco' was deflected by Rusito Zubczuk to the joy of his teammates, who saw the captain fall to the young player. Paulo de La Cruz only needed to seal the victory, and he did it by placing the ball away from Zubzuck. A great goal to make it clear that age on the ID is not necessary to hit the ball well.