Paolo Guerrero passed Teófilo Cubillas as his country’s top goal scorer with a diving header to give Peru a 1-0 win over Haiti on Saturday night in Seattle.
Guerrero, 32, who the leading scorer in the 2011 and 2015 editions of the Copa América, powered home Edison Flores’s cross as Peru opened its Group B campaign with a win.
Flores had a chance to give Peru a lead late in the first half, but his fierce shot caromed off the goal frame. Peru increased the tempo in the second half, and only a fine block by the Haiti goalkeeper and captain Johny Placide denied Renzo Revoredo in the 59th minute.