The South American qualifiers have received widespread attention from fans, and at present, in addition to Brazil and Argentina locking up the qualifying list in advance, the remaining eight teams are caught in a big scuffle, any game will lead to a huge change in the ranking between the teams, in the 15th round, the former Copa America Colombia home against Peru, the two teams accumulated 17 points before the game, Colombia only because of the advantage of goal difference pressure Peru to rank fourth.
As soon as they came up, Colombia, playing at home, showed their determination to win. In the third minute Falcao's right-footed shot into the box was slightly deflected, and in the 10th minute, Borre's long-range shot from outside the box was blocked off the line, and then J Ronaldo rushed slightly above the crossbar inside the penalty area. In the first half of the game, Colombia almost formed a siege posture for Peru, their up to 180 million euros of starting opportunities are quite numerous, J Ronaldo alone got 4 good chances to shoot, and Díaz and veteran Falcao, who just joined Liverpool, also took turns to attack the Peruvian defense, but Peru, ranked 22nd by FIFA, is not vegetarian, and the copper wall they have forged has made Colombians useless.
After half-time adjustments, the situation has not changed. Colombia continued to bombard, the team's best chance in the second half came in the 70th minute, Colombia's left 45-degree foot cross, the repeated impact of the Peruvian defense finally appeared to stare at the loophole, in the penalty area ambush mina high-speed insertion of the top of the goal, the Peruvian defender can be described as a continuous pull, and finally Mina was strongly interfered with, the header failed to top the force was confiscated by the goalkeeper. From the perspective of slow motion, the Peruvian defender's hugging action this time is quite obvious, but the referee did not blow the penalty, which made the Colombian players on the field and tens of thousands of spectators extremely dissatisfied.
It was precisely because of this misjudgment that Colombia's mood slowly declined, and the experienced Peru seized on this fleeting gasp and launched a fatal blow. In the 80th minute, Peru, who was pressed and beaten (like the scene when the national football team played Japan without shooting), instigated a counterattack, Cueva sent a precise direct plug at the first time after the midfielder broke the ball, flores who came on in the second half was plugged in at high speed, facing the attacking gatekeeper Ospina calmly pushed the shot from a small angle, and the score was rewritten to 1-0. At this time, Colombia was also completely discouraged, and the rest of the time they had nothing to do but swallow the defeat.
You know, the Peruvian team only had a 29% ultra-low possession ratio in the whole game (lower than the 36% possession of the previous national football team against Japan, and the fans can make up for how passive Peru is in this game), and the whole game is only 4 shots on goal, and the only shot on target has scored, and helped the team take away three points on the road, which is magical. From these data, it can be seen that the Peruvian team, like China, is actually facing a strong opponent on the road, but their defense and tenacity are indeed far behind Li Xiaopeng's national football team, and they can form a counterattack when they need to counterattack the most, and there are excellent players who hammer out the final sound, making a game with an extremely ugly process into a final victory.
As a result, Peru's points reached 20 points and rose to fourth place, and they are expected to get the right to qualify directly. In the south American region, which is full of strong hands, such a team without fame can play better than Uruguay, Colombia, Chile and other strong teams, which is indeed the biggest dark horse and worth learning from the national football team. Of course, J Ronaldo's Colombia is not so lucky, J Ronaldo has wasted scoring opportunities in key moments many times, and it does reflect that he does not have the strength of a superstar, which also proves that Real Madrid was a wise decision to sell him, Lafayette was even smiling, and now Colombia's qualifying situation has been quite bad (3 points away from the top four).