Peruvian national team: Pedro Gallese spoke about qualifying for the repechage prior to the Qatar 2022 World Cup

The achievement achieved by the Peruvian team of reaching the pre-World Cup repechage in Qatar 2022 was the work of all the players on the squad, as well as coach Ricardo Gareca and his collaborators. However, there is one footballer who stood out for his regularity and safety on the field. This is goalkeeper Pedro Gallese, who was one of the most even in the South American Qualifiers and spoke about this qualification to the repechage.

“Happy and proud of the teammates. We have fought a lot for the opportunity to go to a new World Cup and for sure these days and months we will work hard to fulfill everyone's dream”, commented the 'Octopus' in an interview conducted for his club, Orlando City of the MLS.

On the other hand, he was asked about the stars he could face in the World Cup if he succeeds in overcoming this previous phase in June. “Everyone is important. This repechage is going to be very tough as well as every match. It will be one. We want to return to a World Cup and face the best in the world”, he added.

And it is that the national cast went through several stages throughout the qualifying process. In fact, he didn't start in the best way and barely scored 1 point in his first 5 games. The defeats to Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Colombia seemed to sink the 'white-roja' into a pit in which she indicated that it seemed more like she was going to fight in the bottom than thinking about a possible qualification.

However, this changed with the victory in Quito against Ecuador, so the fourth place in the Copa América that was played a few weeks later on Brazilian soil meant a boost of mind and recovery of group ambition to move towards good results. It didn't matter the following falls to 'Scratch', 'Albiceleste' or Bolivia in La Paz, but rather the victories against Venezuela, 'La Roja', 'La Verde', Colombia and Paraguay. All this allowed him to score 24 points and finish in fifth place in the Playoffs.

FEATURED PLAYERS

Throughout this process, there were several players who shone with their own name such as Christian Cueva (the team's top scorer with 5 scores), André Carrillo, Gianluca Lapadula, Alexander Callens, among others. However, the one who maintained a regularity was Pedro Gallese himself. Although he conceded 22 goals in 18 matches, he saved the national team several times with his impressive saves.

Peru could have finished with more goals against, but the Peruvian goalkeeper's work was essential to the achievement of this goal, which, in the first instance, is the repechage. Likewise, this can be reflected in the 45 blocks he made and the 2.5 saves per game, according to the statistical portal SofaScore.

PERU RESULTS IN QATAR 2022 QUALIFIERS:

- Paraguay 2-2 Peru

- Peru 2-4 Brazil

- Chile 2-0 Peru

- Peru 0-2 Argentina

- Peru 0-3 Colombia

- Ecuador 1-2 Peru

- Peru 1-1 Uruguay

- Peru 1-0 Venezuela

- Brazil 2-0 Peru

- Peru 2-0 Chile

- Bolivia 1-0 Peru

- Argentina 1-0 Peru

- Peru 3-0 Bolivia

- Venezuela 1-2 Peru

- Colombia 0-1 Peru

- Peru 1-1 Ecuador

- Uruguay 1-0 Peru

- Peru 2-0 Paraguay

REPECHAJE

As mentioned by the 32-year-old footballer, the 'bicolor' will have to play the match for the repechage against the representative of Asia, who will start between Australia and the United Arab Emirates. It will be a single party and will be held in Doha, Qatar, on June 13. Although it will not be the first time he has played these instances, as he has already done so for Russia 2018 facing New Zealand and defeating it by an overall score of 2-0 after round trips.

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