PERUVIAN-born Australian beach volleyball star Mariafe Artacho del Solar’s heart will be torn in two when Peru meets the Socceroos at the FIFA World Cup in Russia tonight.
Although Artacho del Solar, 24, will be busy competing in the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball world tour, she has kept a keen eye on the World Cup.
It’s little wonder, as her dad Oscar Artacho was a Peruvian soccer international and her grandfather, Argentinian-born Oscar Artacho was one of Peru’s most famous soccer commentators.