With Peru ranked fifth: What is known about its rival in the World Cup repechage?

Last Thursday, the Peruvian national team fell by 0-1 against Uruguay at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, for the 17th date of the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers, that result, left the 'Bicolor' without any chance of qualifying directly to the World Cup. However, there is still the possibility of saying present by way of the repechage, as happened in Russia 2018.

The Peruvian national team is currently in fifth place with 21 points. That is, he would agree to play the World Cup repechage against a national team from Asia. What would your rival be? When would that match be played and where? Here we tell you all the details.

AUSTRALIANS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THEIR SELECTION

For now, the Australian national team is in the first choice to be Peru's rival in the 2022 World Cup playoff in Qatar. Those led by Australia's Graham Arnold secured third place in Group B of the Asian Qualifiers despite losing 2-0 to Japan, given that they have 15 points and are unattainable for Oman, fourth with 11 points in the absence of a date.

Infobae contacted their source in Australia to give us details about how they live in Sydney, the atmosphere of the Playoffs. “The truth is that there is still no talk of the repechage. From what you hear on the streets, people are not happy with Graham Arnold's work, since losing home to Japan has been hard. In addition, there are people who say that they better stayed in Oceania because in the end they are going for a repechage. It was thought that leaving Oceania they were going to stop playing playoffs and look what happened. It's hard to play in Asia, the flights are very long,” said our source.

On the other hand, in Group A, the one that is currently in third place is the United Arab Emirates with 9 points, but behind it is Iraq (8) and Lebanon (6). In this way, Australia hopes to meet its opponent who will be in third place to play a preliminary phase and define the Conmebol rival in the 2022 Qatar World Cup playoff.

For our source Australia is stronger than Iraq, Arab Emirates or Lebanon, but it makes it clear that it is not the same rival that faced Peru in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where the bicolor won 2-0 against the Oceanian national team.

When is the Conmebol repechage?

The repechage match between the teams of the different confederations will be played between 13 and 14 June this year and will be played in Qatar in a single match.

Ojo, for Peru to be able to stay in fifth place and play the repechage must win Paraguay this Tuesday, at the National Stadium, from 18:30 (local time). You will be able to follow the actions through Latina TV and Movistar Deportes signals. You can also follow the minute by minute through the Infobae website.

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