Beijing time on January 29, the World Preliminary Round of the Americas Top 10 tournament continued, the world's 16th strongest team Colombia at home against the Americas 2 champions Peru, the gap between the two teams is obvious, Colombia continues to slump, has been 5 World Preliminary Tournaments by the opponent 0 seals, thus encountering 5 consecutive World Preliminary Round wins; Peru's last 2 World Preliminary Round wins, is accelerating the pursuit of points, but Colombia is Peru's nemesis, the two sides of the last 12 duels, Colombia 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, occupying an absolute advantage.
In terms of card strength, Colombia also has an absolute advantage, coach Rueda sent falcao, J Ronaldo, Cuadrado and other famous European generals to start the lineup, the starting 11 people are worth up to 178 million euros; Peru's starting lineup is very mediocre, the total value of 11 people is only 38.95 million euros. In the game, Colombia mastered the initiative on the field as desired, with a possession rate of up to 70%, 26-4 with Peru's shot on goal, a shooting positive ratio of 3-1, and finally because the offensive end was extremely inefficient, resulting in a 0-1 peruvian kill, Colombia once again broke down and lost points.
The goal occurred in the 85th minute of the game, Peru completed a fatal blow in the face of Colombia's continued waste of opportunities, Edison in the counter-attack from the left side of the ribs directly into the box, facing the colombian defender who was chasing, Edison chose a small angle cold shot to break the goal, colombia goalkeeper was caught off guard, Colombia 0-1 by Peru.
Colombia is very dependent on J Ronaldo and Falcao throughout the game, but unfortunately both of them have entered the late professional stages, and it is difficult to continue to carry Colombia forward in ability and form, and the two have not shot correctly on goal many times, which has become the epitome of the weakness of Colombia's front. After the defeat, Colombia has produced two humiliating results, the first and last 6 consecutive rounds of the World Preliminary Round 0 goals of the shameful result, and the second, the most recent 6 consecutive rounds of the World Preliminary Round without a winless result, 3 draws and 2 losses.
According to the standings, Colombia directly fell out of the top five, currently ranking sixth in the South American region, accumulating 17 points, according to the rules, the top four directly advanced to the World Cup main tournament, and the fifth place participated in the intercontinental play-offs. Next, Colombia has 3 more life-and-death battles, successively against Argentina, Bolivia and Venezuela, and the road to promotion is very unoptimistic.
After the game, Colombian winger Quadrado called on the whole team not to be discouraged, believing that the team must unite and continue to maintain a firm belief that the following games can still reverse the unfavorable situation, trust teammates, and believe in the team.
Peru, which has won the Copa America twice, counterattacked overnight, directly surpassing Uruguay and Colombia with this victory, ranking in the top 4 of the table, and is currently fourth with 20 points, Uruguay is fifth with 19 points, and the competition situation is sticking. Considering that Ecuador, the third place, is also a civilian team, there may be 2 super dark horses in the South American region of this World Preliminary Tournament, namely Peru and Ecuador, the card strength of both teams is far inferior to that of Uruguay, Colombia and other strong teams, but they have the initiative to qualify for the World Cup and kick out the pattern of no weak brigades in South America.