In the early morning of January 29, Beijing time, the World Cup South American qualifiers continued, with Colombia facing Peru at home, which was a game related to qualification. As a result, 90 minutes later, peru, who played away, won 1-0 against Colombia, giving their opponents the embarrassment of scoring 0 goals in 6 World Preliminary Rounds.
Colombia, with its many stars from J Ronaldo, Falcao and Cuadrado, is an absolute favourite in south America to qualify for the World Cup. However, in the previous 5 rounds of the World Preliminary Tournament, Colombia's offensive firepower was very embarrassing, and they did not score in 5 games. Coupled with the clean sheet in this game, Colombia suffered 22 years of humiliation and embarrassment. Colombia's South American zone has a record of six consecutive no-goals games, second only to Venezuela's 7 consecutive games in 2000.
J Ronaldo, who has performed well in the recent West Asia competition, was given a chance to play in the early morning. Also starting is star Díaz, who is about to move to Liverpool. From the card face, Colombia's starting lineup can be described as crushing Peru, and many players are playing in the mainstream teams of the five major leagues.
However, in the game, Colombia's full onslaught was not effective. In the 90 minutes, Colombia held 70% of the ball and shots on goal 26 times. For Ronaldo's side, he gave 6 shots on goal and Díaz had 4, but they couldn't send the ball into the opposing goal. The match ended with Colombia losing 1-0 to Peru.
In the 84th minute, the passive Peruvian team found a counter-attack opportunity. Edison received the ball on the left side of the penalty area and shot all the way into the penalty area to complete this precious kill. Relying on the victory of this match, Peru moved up to 4th place in the table, not only squeezing Colombia out of the promotion zone, but also getting Uruguay to the 5th place play-off zone.
Colombia, with its many superstars, is currently ranked 16th in the world, pushing Uruguay to be the 3rd team in the South American zone. If J Ronaldo and other stars cannot participate in the World Cup, it is indeed a big regret for fans. As things stand, Colombia's inability to play in the World Cup at the end of the year is likely to happen.
In the next round, Colombia will need to challenge Argentina, which has qualified early. With 2 rounds remaining, they need to face Bolivia and Venezuela. Colombia want to qualify, and it can be said that every game needs to be played with a must-win mentality.