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Peru football doping shock: Guerrero out for All Whites games

Author
Radio Sport Staff,
Publish Date
Sat, 4 Nov 2017, 12:51PM
Guerrero will miss the intercontinental playoff against the All Whites following a doping violation. (Photo Getty Images)
Guerrero will miss the intercontinental playoff against the All Whites following a doping violation. (Photo Getty Images)

Peru football doping shock: Guerrero out for All Whites games

Author
Radio Sport Staff,
Publish Date
Sat, 4 Nov 2017, 12:51PM

Peru's intercontinental playoff preparations to face the All Whites have been turned on its head.

The world number 10 ranked side will be without captain and most prolific goal scorer Paulo Guerrero after he failed a doping test.

Guerrero will miss the intercontinental playoff against the All Whites following the doping violation.

FIFA has enforced a 30 day provisional ban which means he will miss the matches against the All Whites.

Peruvian football correspondent Brian Bertie told Adam Cooper on the Radio Sport weekender that the country is in shock.

"People are more supportive of Guerrero than anything, I think 99 percent of football fans are supporting him and trying to deny it."

Bertie said Guerrero is the side's talisman.

"The reason we are in this is because of his leadership, he led us through it, the players respected him they listened to him whenever we conceded first, I think it's going to be a lot tougher for us now."

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