Peru vs Paraguay: the white-red team faces the Guaraní squad for the last date of the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers at the National Stadium in Lima in a decisive match heading to the world cup event.
On the 17th date of the qualifiers, Peru lost 1-0 with Uruguay at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo, came in fifth place in the standings, in the repechage zone, with 21 points. La Celeste scored 25 points and directly qualified for the World Cup.
Thus, the Peruvian national team has the only chance to get their ticket to Qatar 2022 through the World Cup Repechage and to do so they must secure fifth place. And for this he must beat Paraguay, otherwise he could be beaten by Colombia (6th with 20 points) and/or Chile (7th with 19 points).
For its part, Paraguay ran out of mathematical options to compete and place in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. However, in his recent match, he won an authoritative win against Ecuador in Asunción (3-1). However, the 'Albirroja' will arrive with significant casualties for the duel against Peru.
Up to five casualties, at the moment, Paraguay has with a view to the duel with Peru next Tuesday, March 29. Regarding the team that faced Ecuador in the victory in Asunción, there would be four starters who will be absent in the next match with Peru.
Miguel Almirón, Mathias Villasanti, Blas Riveros and Gustavo Gomez were suspended for the match with Peru. While the attacker Robert Morales suffered a serious injury and was ruled out.
The full-back Riveros started and ended up expelled in the duel with Ecuador. Meanwhile, the defender Gustavo Gomez and the Guarani fighter Miguel Almirón initialists with Paraguay against the 'Tri' were reprimanded. Mathias Villasanti, who entered in the second half, also received his second yellow. The starting attacker Robert Morales suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee minutes after scoring the first goal of the 'Albirroja', it will be low and will have a long recovery.
Paraguay coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto will arrive at the match with Peru with a handicapped team. However, to make up for the absences, the coach cited the left winger Ivan 'Tito' Torres of the Paraguayan Olimpia Club.
On the other hand, the Peruvian national team led by coach Ricardo Gareca also suffered a significant drop after the match with Uruguay last Thursday, March 24. Attacker André Carrillo's injury was confirmed and he was out of the call due to a sprained left knee. In addition, the well-known absence of Miguel Araujo prior to the duel with Uruguay with José Carvallo, who was replaced by Carlos Cáceda. However, the white roja recovers Raziel García who met his suspension date due to accumulation of yellow cards.
The Peruvian national team needs a win against Paraguay to secure the playoff between the South American Confederation (Conmebol) and the Asian Confederation (AFC) that will be played in a single match next June.
The match between Peru and Paraguay next Tuesday 29th will be at 18:30 (Peruvian time) at the National Stadium in Lima and a full house is expected for the momentous bicolor match. Simultaneously, Colombia and Chile will play their matches attentive to what happens with the white-red and the 'Albirroja'.
LAST DATE OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN PLAYOFFS
Tuesday, March 29
Peru vs Paraguay
Ecuador vs Argentina
Bolivia vs Brazil
Chile vs Uruguay
Venezuela vs Colombia
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