Peru vs. Uruguay: Juan Pablo Varsky wants the 'bicolor' in the World Cup and spoke of the change of coach in 'La Celeste'

The teams of Peru and Uruguay will hold a close clash this Thursday, March 24 at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo valid for the 17th date of the South American Qualifiers. The goal of the 'bicolor' is none other than to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, so a visiting victory would put him with one and a half feet inside. In this regard, the renowned journalist Juan Pablo Varsky expressed his wish that the national team attend the World Cup. In addition, he also spoke about the change of command in 'La Celeste'.

“Regardless of what is going to happen (on the remaining two dates), I really want Peru to play another World Cup. It would be 40 years of what was 82′ and what was the 78′ saga. I would like Ricardo (Gareca) to do it again, so I don't know what's going to happen, but I do know what I want it to happen,” said the Argentine journalist in an interview with Diego Rebagliati for Movistar Deportes.

And it is that the 'bicolor' has a golden opportunity to return to achieve that long-awaited quota to the World Cup event. He was able to achieve it in the last edition for Russia 2018, where they arrived after finishing fifth in the qualifiers, so he had to play the playoff against New Zealand, achieving an overall result in 2-0 with goals from Jefferson Farfan and Christian Ramos. This allowed him to rub shoulders with the biggest teams again after 36 years of absence.

Precisely, prior to 2018, the last time the Peruvian national team had won the qualification was for Spain 1982 and also for Argentina 1978. In these two editions, Peru had several national football legends such as Teófilo Cubillas, Cesar Cueto, José Velásquez, Julio Cesar Uribe, Ramón Quiroga, among other great players who left their mark and impressed the world with their attractive game.

DECISIVE DOUBLE DATE

Now, returning to the match with the 'Charrúas', Varsky considered that the encounter with Paraguay is also important. And although the fan or journalist could be with the calculator in hand, the picture changes for the footballer. “There is no Paraguay without Uruguay. The issue is also what happens to Chile, which has a very brave one that is Brazil, you are going to be looking at the calculator. I think there is a good chance that he will get, in the worst case scenario, in the top five. Then you have to see what you get in the repechage, but except for one hecatomb, you can enter. We (the journalists) do watch TV, the calculator and we are adding up, but the players on the court must commit and behave as if there is no other match,” he said.

NEW VERSION OF URUGUAY WITH ALONSO

Finally, he also had words about the change of coach they took at the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) with the dismissal of Oscar Washington Tabárez in favor of Diego Alonso. “You always say that contracts must be respected, but Uruguay needed a change. It seems to me that the 'Maestro' is one of the five most influential people in Uruguayan football. With all due respect for what is obviously on the list with Obdulio Varela. But de Tabárez, for example, won the Copa America with Uruguay, the Libertadores with Peñarol in 87′, he made a great career as a coach abroad, in Argentina, in Italy, he led AC Milan, that is, we are talking about another league,” he added.

With the change in the Uruguayan team's takeover, they won two important victories against Paraguay in Asunción (1-0) and Venezuela in Montevideo (4-1), which allowed them to return to get into the fight for a quota for the World Cup. Everything will be defined in the next few days.

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