Peru vs. Uruguay: Peter Arevalo and the “new version of Peruvian football” that would be seen in Montevideo for Playoffs

The Peruvian national team is 3 days away from facing the Uruguayan squad as part of the 17th date of the South American Qualifiers. Obviously, he will be looking for the 3 points that will allow him to have one foot in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, so the strategy used by the technical command is essential. The journalist Peter Arévalo spoke about this game proposal, who mentioned that the 'Charrúas' will see the “new version of Peruvian football”.

“I think the Uruguayans know that they are going to face a new version of Peruvian football. Not that classic version that was said that the Peruvian was going to play and play. No. They are going to face a team that, probably, will repeat what they did in Barranquilla. The Uruguayan knows that it will be a tough, close match. They no longer tell you about the Peruvian team that is going to try to play or try to beat it as happened in 81 ′. Peru has already left that game. At least during Ricardo Gareca's cycle, he has incorporated that way of playing according to the need for the result and not playing according to a style. Just as it was posed to Colombia, suffering the match and enjoying it in the end, I think Uruguay knows that Peru is going to play it that way,” said the football narrator on the ESPN Peru program 'Equipo F'.

In 1981, the national cast was made up of a group of 'cracks' with Ramón Quiroga, Hector Chumpitaz, Cesar Cueto, Julio Cesar Uribe, Juan Carlos Oblitas, among others. On that occasion they managed to achieve a very important 2-1 victory against 'La Celeste' with a double from 'Diamante' Uribe, who was one of the figures in the match with José 'Patron' Velásquez, who covered the entire field and dominated the locals. This result allowed them to get closer to qualifying for the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

However, for this occasion, the 'bicolor' had a hard time playing an attractive game on the road, so Ricardo Gareca had to adapt the team to the circumstances in order to obtain the results. The duel with Barranquilla was a clear test, as the Peruvians were subdued by the Colombians, so they took advantage of the only opportunity they had to score the goal through Edison Flores .

URUGUAY UNDER

On the other hand, Arévalo referred to the pressure that the Uruguayans will have, since they will play with their fans, in their stadium and with the need to win, considering that then the fixture tells him that he will have to visit Chile in Santiago, another team that also needs to win in order not to be left out of the World Cup. “Uruguay is going to have to make extreme use of its imagination in order, not only with vertigo and dynamics, to overcome a defense that will wait for it quietly. Because the one in need is going to be Uruguay in the end. Peru with the draw comes out very well in the Centenario, considering that it will play in Lima against Paraguay, an eliminated team, and Uruguay will close in Santiago against Chile. So, Uruguay needs to confirm its direct presence in the World Cup, therefore, Peru has to go out and play its game, to repeat what it has been doing when it plays on the road. Now, Peru is a team that has scored 10 points of visit, they are not facing a team that is going to go out and play in a cheerful way, but in a rough way. That's the new version of Peruvian football,” he added.

Indeed, a draw would be enough for Peru to then play with greater confidence against the Paraguayans and be able to close a hypothetical qualification in Lima. However, matches must be played first and not advanced. This is because in football anything can happen, even more so, when there are several teams in dispute.

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