Peter Arévalo after Peru's victory: “Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay are respectable, the rest are not. We are competitive”

The Peruvian national team won a valuable victory at the Estadio Nacional in Lima against its Paraguayan counterpart in a match valid for the 18th and the last of the qualifiers South American. The great performance that the players of the 'bicolor' performed were awarded access to the repechage prior to the Qatar 2022 World Cup. In that sense, journalist Peter Arévalo spoke about this duel and placed a lot of emphasis on the competitiveness of the national team against other teams in this part of the continent.

“I want to change people's minds. Enough of respecting. Brazil is superior to anyone, Argentina is, Uruguay is, but the rest must be fought, we have to compete. Enough of generating fear, when we have a competitive selection. That is, at some point my friend, my brother whom I have here in front (Julinho), created a conflict with a Bolivian colleague saying that Bolivia could win it here. That is, if we believe that Bolivia should be respected or afraid, Brother, what are we talking about! Peru with Ricardo Gareca became a competitive team,” he elated these harsh comments on ESPN Peru's 'Team F' program.

SCROLLS OF THE 'TIGER'

Faced with this situation, the communicator highlighted the scrolls that DT Ricardo Gareca has with Peru with Peru since he arrived in 2015 to take technical direction. “Gareca has led in six official tournaments. Two qualifiers, one qualified and the other is about to qualify. Four Americas Cups, quarter-finals, fourth place, third place and runner-up. Can you object or continue to think that we are a poor selection? No, we're a competitive selection. We know that Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, yes, another batch. But the rest, we are all on the same level,” he said.

And it is that the 'white-roja' showed an offensive game and wanted to define the commitment as soon as possible. Gone are the nerves and cravings involved in playing a match of this magnitude. In addition, the 'Tigre' injected a sense of belonging and competitiveness to fight inch by inch with any team. As Arevalo said in the television space, implying that only Brazilians, Argentines and Uruguayans have that superiority over the rest of the South American teams.

GARECA EXPERIENCE

On the other hand, he did not leave aside the clash played against the 'Albirroja', showing on the field of play all Gareca's world cup experience to move forward this match. “Peru came out with 7 World Cup players and a World Cup coach on the bench to tell them “You know what, I've come from playing a World Cup, you haven't qualified for a long time. You have no arguments to beat me, you're dead, no matter how much they sent you a briefcase, no matter how much you have an incentive. My incentive for the second consecutive time to a World Cup is higher than yours. He came out and put conditions on him, he threw all the weight of a world championship team, of a troubled team, which finds individual maturity in this match. A Tapia who ate the midfield, because beyond the triumph it continues to cost Peña and Yotún. A couple like Zambrano and Callens who give him that security without being attacked. Advíncula recovered, a cave in his own and a sensational cave”, he declared.

The performance of the entire Peruvian team was superlative and this will allow them to play the repechage against two teams that are still in doubt: Australia and the United Arab Emirates. The appointment will be in June on a stage to be confirmed but that could be Qatar.

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