Peruvian fans ramp up dirty tricks
With Australia's qualification yesterday, 31 of the 32 teams that will make up next year's World Cup have been decided, leaving the final spot between either Peru or New Zealand, who will have the second leg of their play-off match today.
With the high stakes in mind, Peruvian football fans have taken matters into their own hands, doing everything in their power to disrupt the All Whites' build-up.
After several low key (yet highly suspicious) attempts at making life harder for Anthony Hudson's visiting team --including a delayed flight from Wellington, and inexplicably long bus trips to the JW Marriot hotel in Miraflores and the Estadio Nacional -- a series of "prolonged fireworks" woke up players in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
NZME football commentator Jason Pine tweeted at 2.51am local time: "Massive explosion of fireworks in the sky directly above the All Whites' team hotel."
"It was prolonged and loud enough to wake me up and I'm 300 metres away from them [the team hotel]," he added.
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