Christian Cueva was cheered by applause on his arrival in Trujillo

The celebrations continue after the qualification for the repechage for a quota to the Qatar 2022 World Cup. One of the figures in the decisive meeting on Tuesday, where Peru beat Paraguay, is Christian Cueva, who performed a three-finger assist for the first Peruvian goal. Also known as' Aladino ', he took the opportunity to stay in the country and decided to go to his hometown Trujillo, where he was cheered on his arrival at Carlos Martínez de Pinillos airport.

To the applause of the people who were at the air terminal, Cueva got into a van that was waiting for him to begin his stay in the city of Trujillo. Although they were small moments, the midfielder of the Peruvian national team signed some shirts and thanked the love of his people who are proud to be the '10′ of the national team.

The name of the national flyer continues to generate excitement in the Peruvian fans, even in the land where he spent much of his childhood, Huamachuco. This is after the decision of the city authorities to ask the regional council that the stadium be named after Christian Cueva.

“Although it is true he was born in Trujillo, but his childhood, childhood and adolescence have been spent here (Huamachuco). He came from here, from the academy of the Pedagogical Institute in football, and then military in a great Trujillo team, then at the national and foreign levels. In addition to being the architect of our team in the last match against Paraguay, it was with his genius, important passes that generated the two goals that set us foot in the Qatar World Cup,” said the councilor of the Provincial Municipality of Sánchez Carrión, Alberto Mendoza Acosta, recalling the match played by the national midfielder against the Guaraníes.

Remember that Christian Cueva was born in Trujillo (La Libertad) in 1991 and moved to Huamachuco during his childhood in this city in the Liberteña mountains where his parents are originally from. He grew up since he was 2 years old in this town located almost four hours from Trujillo, capital of La Libertad.

THE NIGHT OF 'CUEVITA' BEFORE PARAGUAY

As he did with Venezuela and in other matches in this qualifying process, Christian Cueva put the team on his shoulders and demonstrated his good level. 5 minutes from Peru vs. Paraguay, gave a warning that it would be his night. He saw Gianluca Lapadula run and put a three-finger pass behind the backs of the Guarani defenders, leaving 'Bambino' facing the goal who opened the score.

Afterwards, he gave away a luxury move prior to Yoshimar Yotún's goal. He grabbed the ball, made a 'hat' to one rival, eluded another with a short hitch and handed it to Edison Flores, who ended up getting a cross for 2-0.

Finally, they ran the 67′ and was very close to the line. The full-back Robert Rojas came out on his mark, but at no time was there any nervousness in the Peruvian. 'Aladdin' stepped on it as if he were in his neighborhood and when he felt the pressure of another rival, he pulled it for his left leg. A real demonstration of 'chocolate'.

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