The Colombia National Team depends on a miracle: this is how Peru has done facing Paraguay in the qualifiers

The Colombian National Team ended a seven-match streak without winning or scoring, the 3-0 victory against Bolivia fell like a balm on the players and fans, who rely on a miracle to be able to go to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The “tricolor” did 50% of the work; however, it still has a complicated rival ahead of it and an old acquaintance who knows everything about these players.

To understand the situation of the Colombian team a little, it is important to mention that the points that were given in the last few days have him in sixth place in the standings, with 20 points; he pursues Peru, who is fifth, with 21, so he must beat Venezuela and hope that the Gareca team does not score three points against Paraguay, with this result, would manage to seal its way to the repechage. In the event that Colombia draws, it will have to bet on the defeat of the white-red in Lima to the Guaraníes.

“There is a very difficult game left against a rival who is in a good moment. We are going to look for a great match, we hope to get it forward to get the qualification, if it is not direct, we will get the third match knowing that in these qualifiers there is nothing written until the end,” said Reinaldo Rueda after the victory against Bolivia.

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The Colombia National Team must achieve the result in Venezuela and trust that Paraguay will be able to draw the draw or win in Lima. However, the results of the last 20 years show that this has always been a tough place for the Guarani people. In five games, the best result they have ever signed was a 0-0.

2002 World Cup qualifier in Korea and Japan

Peru 2-0 Paraguay | March 29, 2000 - Goals: Nolberto Solano and Roberto Palacios.

2006 German World Cup Qualifier

Peru 4-1 Paraguay | September 7, 2003 - Goals: Carlos Gamarra (PAR); Nolberto Solano, Andrés Mendoza, Jorge Soto and Jefferson Farfan.

2010 South Africa World Cup Qualifier

Peru 0-0 Paraguay | October 14, 2007

Qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil

Peru 2-0 Paraguay | October 8, 2011 - Goals: Paolo Guerrero (double).

Qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia

Peru 1-0 Paraguay National Team | November 14, 2015 - Goal: Jefferson Farfan

The last time Paraguay beat the Peruvian national team was on October 17, 2012 at the Defensores del Chaco stadium for the 2014 Brazil World Cup Qualifiers. In that match the Guaraníes imposed themselves by the slightest difference over the Incas with a goal of Pablo Aguilar at 52′.

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The situation is quite paradoxical since four years ago, on the last date of the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers in Russia, the Colombian National Team faced Peru in Lima. In the 76th minute, the situation was as follows: there was a draw in the score 1-1, the result benefited both teams as Colombia was qualifying directly for the World Cup event and Peru was taking the place in the repechage.

On the other hand, Chile was losing to Brazil, so it needed Colombia to score one more goal and win in Lima, in order to qualify for the World Cup, however, it was at that moment that captains Radamel Falcao and Paolo Guerrero created the Lima pact in order to maintain the result (the 1-1 draw) until the final whistle in the 90′.

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