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The History of Friendship Between Paolo Guerrero and Jefferson Farfán
The History of Friendship Between Paolo Guerrero and Jefferson Farfán
The great friendship that one with Paolo Guerrero and Jefferson Farfán
strengthened in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The 'Foquita' scared everyone
during a training of the National Team of Peru and the captain of the bicolor paid
him a tribute.
The union of the two players of the bicolor comes from childhood. This has been
reflected in a mode of homage in emotional drawings made by prominent Peruvian
illustrators
The history of friendship between Paolo Guerrero and Jefferson Farfán began in
1996, when "Jeffry" was twelve years old and arrived at the Alianza Lima youth
division, where the captain of the Peruvian national team was leader of the group
and welcomed him.
These friends defended the blue and white shirt of category 84 and enjoyed their best
goals. Outside the courts, the friendship continued, they were buddies and friends of
mischief. That friendship became a brotherhood, for that reason, whenever one of them is
in trouble, they support each other, although in recent months Jefferson Farfán is the one
who has always dedicated some lines of encouragement to Paolo Guerrero. The affection
and respect of Farfán to Guerrero is so great that he even dedicated a goal and the pass
to the Russia 2018 World Cup. Undoubtedly, Paolo Guerrero and Jefferson Farfán are
lifelong friends, inseparable, brothers of another blood
Brothers of soccer. Jefferson Farfán moved all of Peru when he celebrated his goal
between tears and with the shirt of Paolo Guerrero. The friendship they have is not recent.
They have known each other since they were children, they studied together, they played
the minor divisions in Alianza Lima and in the youth teams of the Bicolor. This is the story
of the 'compadres'. Both players were the best in the minor divisions of Alianza Lima. They
formed a luxury duo but they could never play together in the first division because the
'Predator' went to Germany before debuting with the first team. Years later they would
meet in Germany, Farfán in Schalke 04 and Guerrero in Hamburg. In the Peruvian national
team they played together in all the lower categories and debuted with the absolute team
in 2004. Both are about to fulfill the dream they had as children and play a world cup
together. Guerrero made an emotional gesture to wear the shirt of his "compadre"
Jefferson Farfán, after he sealed the victory against Australia with a second goal.
Afterwards, Farfán responded to his friend's gesture through his Instagram account:
"Thanks for every brother," he wrote. These gestures had already taken place before,
when Peru faced New Zealand in the playoff and the Predator could not be present. The
'Foquita' scored the goal that put the bicolor advantage and celebrated the score by
showing the shirt of Paolo Guerrero. However, this friendship goes back to when they
were children, because they studied at the same school "Los Reyes Rojos" in Barranco,
where they played in the juvenile divisions in Alianza Lima. Since that time they were
already a luxury duo that could never be seen in the first division because Paolo went to
Germany before debuting with the first team. Although years later both would be in
Germany playing for different clubs: Farfán in Schalke 04 and Guerrero in Hamburg, the
friendship never broke and remained. These Peruvian craves dreamed from a very young
age to participate in a World Cup representing the bicolor and after a long road they
achieved their goals. Although their future is uncertain, what is certain is that their
friendship is strengthened more and more.
Todo ejecutivo tiene que lidiar con su jefe ¿Cómo lidia usted
con sus treinta millones de jefes que somos los hinchas
peruanos?
Es algo a lo que uno tiene que estar acostumbrado. Cuando uno
ejerce esta función [técnico de la selección peruana], sabemos
que despertaremos diferentes sensaciones y que todo el mundo
opinará; es parte de esto.
In that sense, El Comercio spoke with him during the last edition
of CADE Ejecutivos, in December of last year, about his work as a
leader of a high-performance team.
You who manage the most talented players in the country, how do
you assemble the selected team so that they work well?
Every executive has to deal with his boss. How do you deal with
your thirty million bosses that we are the Peruvian fans?
It's something you have to be used to. When one exercises this
function [technical of the Peruvian national team], we know that
we will awaken different sensations and that everyone will think; It
is part of this.