Peru to the repechage: “the group is ready to face anyone”, said Wilder Cartagena regarding the next rival

The Peruvian national team agreed to the playoff for the Qatar 2022 World Cup and awaits the representative of the Asian Football Confederation to decide a place for the World Cup. The two-tone midfielder Wilder Cartagena analyzed the performance of the white and red and the next repechage.

The winner of phase 4 of the Asian Confederation Qualifiers will qualify for the repechage. The United Arab Emirates team faces Australia in a single match to define who will be the rival of the Peruvian national team.

Precisely, the Peruvian fielder Wilder Cartagena plays in the Al Ittihad Kalba club of the United Arab Emirates League and is aware of one of the teams that may be a rival of the Peruvian national team.

“It is not yet known, but the UAE national team is still looking for new players, it is with young people, people with little experience. It's a team that plays well, they try to play. Now a new coach (Rodolfo Arruabarrena) has arrived and he is looking for that way to play well. Over there, it is not a very intense team, but it is a team that when it has the ball seeks to associate,” said Wilder Cartagena of the United Arab Emirates national team.

Wilder Cartagena spoke in depth about the style of play, weaknesses and strengths of the UAE national team. “Yes, they are very fast, because of the bands they are mostly very fast. The UAE national team has that, fast players and in between it has players with a good foot. Over there, he has some problems in the back (defence) First that they face each other (Arab Emirates vs Australia) and then we see that it will be up to us,” said 'Carta' in statements to channel N.

The 27-year-old Peruvian midfielder was asked from his knowledge which selection he preferred for the Qatar 2022 World Cup repechage. “With whoever it is. I think the group is ready to face anyone. We are a very strong group, every time we show that in borderline situations the group succeeds. We are ready for what we have to do,” said Cartagena.

One of the complications in defining the World Cup quota in the repechage that is being played in Doha, Qatar will be the high temperatures that the city will have in June, which will be played in the decisive duel. Wilder Cartagena stated that “The heat will be strong. In June they are in summer and I think it will reach 50 degrees. At least in Qatar we know that there are air-conditioned stadiums, but it will be tough and we have to take every precaution to get there in the best way.”

At another time, Wilder Cartagena was pleased with what was achieved with the Peruvian national team in the qualifying round by taking fifth place in the standings. “I think we met a big part of the goal, now we are one game away from fulfilling that dream that we all want to go to the World Cup again,” Wilder added.

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