At 7:30 Beijing time on March 25, a match in the South American region of the World Preliminary Round was contested, with Uruguay facing Peru at home. In the first half, Rapadula's header was saved, and his low shot was deflected by the goalkeeper. Suarez scrubbed a kick that was deflected. DeAlascaeta scored with a shot. Valverde's long-range shot was saved. In the second half, Nunez's long-range shot was blocked, Valverde's powerful shot hit the crossbar and Araujo's long-range shot was high. In the end, Uruguay beat Peru 1-0. Uruguay won three consecutive games and advanced to the World Cup finals one round earlier.
Uruguay were lined up in a 442 formation for the match. Rochte served as the starting goalkeeper. Araujo, Godin, Jimenez and Oliveira are paired at 4 backs. Peristri, Bentancourt, Federico Valverde and De Alaskaeta form a four-midfielder. Suarez and Nunez double forwards joined forces. Cavani, Maxi Gomez, Torreira and Cáceres sat on the bench.
In the 4th minute of the game, Peru had a great chance, Rapadula jumped in the middle of the penalty area to head the goal, the goalkeeper saved the ball, but he reacted quickly, quickly took the ball in his arms to avoid being shot. In the 11th minute, uruguay made a low-level mistake in the pass at the back, Rapadula grabbed the ball, directly with the ball into the box, got up and shot low, hit the near corner, and the goalkeeper saved the ball. In the 28th minute, Suarez made a slight adjustment after receiving the ball on the right side of the penalty area, rubbing his right foot and deflecting it.
In the 41st minute, Uruguay scored! DeAlascaeta scored in from inside the penalty area. In the 40th minute, Valverde tried a low shot from a long range outside the box, and the goalkeeper did not dare to slack off and saved the ball. At the end of the half, Uruguay led Peru 1-0. Uruguay had 59% possession in the first half, with 6 shots on target, 2 shots on target and 1 goal. Peru, on the other hand, had only four shots on goal in the first half, one on target, and failed to score.
The second half was easy to fight again. In the 47th minute, Nunez's long-range shot from outside the box was blocked off the line. Valverde then came close to extending the score when one of his violent long-range shots bounced off the crossbar, which was a fraction of a millimeter. In the 57th minute, Núñez sent a clever pass, the ball flew to the far point of the goal, Suarez wrapped up in the back, but, a little slower, the ball went straight out of the bottom line. In the 80th minute, Godin's header was blocked. Nine minutes later, Barrera's header went high over the bar. In the final moments of the game, Araujo also came to the front of the box to try a long-range shot, which resulted in a high kick. In the end, Uruguay narrowly beat Peru 1-0. Suarez's performance in this game is average, dumb, of course, for Suarez, to be able to qualify for the World Cup is the most important thing.