Edison Flores and the revelation about the repechage: “It's a game that can change our lives. It's one more World Cup”

The Peruvian national team won a valuable victory over the Paraguayan team on the last date of the South American Qualifiers. It was a great result that allowed him to enter the repechage prior to the Qatar 2022 World Cup. In that sense, Edison Flores valued this meeting as a unique duel, in which they trust to make history.

The national flyer was in the Movistar Deportes' sports program 'Al Angulo' and was asked about what the process will be like for that decisive match, taking into account that he still has games pending with his club, DC United. “Here at the club is played every week. Obviously there is always the desire for June to arrive, but you have to go step by step. Go from goal to goal. I have games in the club and I have to be in the best shape, physically and mentally to get strong to what a match is. A decisive one that can change our lives because it is another World Cup, it is not anything. It's a very important match, which all my teammates know they think about it,” he said.

In addition, he made it clear that despite the fact that the players of the 'bicolor' are in their respective teams focused on their leagues, they look sideways what will be the only duel against the representative of Asia. “Their heads think about their clubs, but another part of them is in the June game. They will arrive in the best way and when we get together we will do our best so that we can achieve that goal we have”, he said.

With regard to the sensations prior to a match of this magnitude, the 'Ears' is aware that nervousness will be present, but that it will disappear as soon as the engagement begins. “It is played differently, surely the nervousness will also be in the previous week. But obviously that is going to go away during the game that the ball is already starting to roll. It's going to grab us very well, with a lot of rhythm. The truth is that we are going to be fine and we are going to do our best to win that match,” he said.

And indeed, the players of the 'white' will have the opportunity to play the game of their lives. It will be on June 13 against Australia or the United Arab Emirates and, as mentioned above, to a single meeting, without a return and in Doha, Qatar. For this reason, the concentration must be full so that they can qualify for the second time in a row to the World Cup. They must first beat Australians or Emiratis, who were the best third in the Asian Qualifiers. The former did so in group B with 15 points, while the Arabs scored 12 points in group A.

POSSIBLE GROUP IN QATAR 2022 WORLD CUP

In the event that those led by Ricardo Gareca win win in the repechage, they will automatically be part of group D of the world cup event. Now, if we review which teams make it up, we will remember the last edition, since both France and Denmark could once again be Peru's rivals. And it is that for Russia 2018, the national team lost to both teams, although leaving a more than outstanding image. Not only because of the good game, but also because of the effort and fortune they didn't have to make the chances they had in the two matches. The other rival, oddly enough, was Australia, with which it could be measured in the repechage.

For now, eyes are on this defining commitment, but for more than one Peruvian fan it will mean the revenge of returning to a World Cup and reversing those results that were not achieved in Russia.

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