According to Pine, the fireworks display resembled Guy Fawkes time.
"It was prolonged, like a display at Guy Fawkes time and loud enough to wake me up and I'm 300 metres away from them [the team hotel].
"It lasted for at least two to three minutes," Pine said.
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The team's arrival into Lima was earlier delayed by almost three hours, after what looks like a curious intervention by local authorities.
Then the bus that took the team from Jorge Chavez airport to the hotel was also strangely slow, taking more than twice as long as it normally should have at that time of night.
In what some observers would consider another attempt at ramping up the psychological warfare, the All Whites' double-decker bus got stuck trying to make its way into the stadium for the team's final pre-match training session.
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The Peruvian government on Wednesday confirmed, via an official notice, that there will be a public holiday the day after the match if - and only if - the Peru team wins.
La Blanquirroja have not qualified for the World Cup finals - to be held in Russia next year - in more than three decades.
