Peru must beat Paraguay in Lima to secure its place in the World Cup repechage: time, TV and formations

At the National Stadium in Lima, where more than 40,000 fans are expected to arrive, the Peruvian national team will seek to beat Paraguay this Tuesday in a decisive match for the last date of the South American Qualifiers in order to take over the much coveted playoff spot for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The referee will be Argentine Fernando Rapallini and is broadcast on DeporTV.

With 21 points and fifth in the standings, the cast led by Ricardo Gareca has the imperative mission of winning at home the team headed by Guillermo Barros Schelotto to to be able to take half the World Cup ticket and face an Asian team in June for a quota to Qatar.

La Bicolor is one step away from having access to its second consecutive repechage to try to reach the World Cup again, again under the tutelage of Gareca and in the repechage. Four years ago, they qualified for Russia 2018 defeating New Zealand to return to the World Cup event after 36 years.

This time they only need a win but mathematics can come into play if there is a draw because, in that case, the white and red will have to wait until Colombia (20 points) does not beat Venezuela away, and that Chile (19) does not do the same against Uruguay in Santiago.

Gareca and his pupils will seek to take advantage of the five casualties of the Albirroja, who has no chance of reaching the World Cup but will seek to say goodbye in the best way to the Qualifiers, that is, with a win that can begin to shape the mentality of his young players.

“This is a new opportunity to show where we stand, against Ecuador we played a good match, we corrected several things compared to the previous matches,” Barros Schelotto said after summing up the 3-1 win against Ecuador in Asunción last Thursday.

Paraguay comes to the match with five casualties, including the steering wheel Miguel Almirón, captain Gustavo Gomez and defender Blas Riveros. While on the Peruvian side, hopes are placed on Gianluca Lapadula and Christian Cueva to continue dreaming of being in the next World Cup.

Probable formations:

Peru: Pedro Gallese - Luis Advincula, Carlos Zambrano, Alexander Callens, Miguel Trauco - Renato Tapia - Sergio Peña, Christopher Gonzales, Christian Cueva, Yoshimar Yotún - Gianluca Lapadula. DT: Ricardo Gareca.

Paraguay: Antony Silva - Robert Rojas, Ivan Alonso, Omar Alderete - Richard Sanchez, Fabian Balbuena, Oscar Romero, Andrés Cubas, Richard Ortiz - Julio Enciso and Angel Romero. DT: Guillermo Barros Schelotto.

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (ARG)

Stadium: Lima National Stadium

Hora: 23:30 GMT

20:30 Argentina, Chile and Uruguay

19:30 Bolivia, Venezuela and Paraguay

18:30 Peru, Colombia and Ecuador

TV: DeporTV

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