Several hours before the news broke, Paolo Guerrero , excited and eager to shout it to the world, managed to call his dad. It was two in the morning in Peru, but the forward did not care, he needed to talk to his 'idol' and that's what he did.
Don José Guerrero, the father of the 'Predator,' revealed the tender way in which his son informed him of the great news and also the advice he gave his son for what is to come.
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"Dad, I've been cleared, I'm going to play in the World Cup," this is what Paolo told his father. José Guerrero told ATV that the excitement between them at that moment was indescribable.
Paolo Guerrero and the tender way he told his father that he will play in the World Cup
"What I told my son after congratulating him was that now he has to thank God for making the miracle happen and that he now has to train more, harder, because he has to fulfill the commitment to the fans, there is a commitment to perform," Mr. Guerrero added.
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