The World Preliminary Tournament battle has come to an end, and three World Cup tickets remain to be determined. In south America, the world-ranked 22nd team peruvian team welcomed Paraguay to the challenge. As long as Peru can win this game, they will be able to escape and get a chance to compete with Asian teams, thus realizing their dream of qualifying for the World Cup for the sixth time. Unfortunately, the national football team has no chance to become their opponent.
After the opening, peru's attack was quite fierce, and in the 7th minute alone, peru knocked on the opponent's door. This is peru's counterattack on the left side of the front, in the case of the Paraguayan defense is not stable, Cueva sent a precise over-the-top pick pass, Rapadora understood, he instantly started to shake off the defenders around him and enter the box, facing the attacking goalkeeper, Rapadula did not make too many adjustments, but directly half volleyed, the ball also luckily hit the right upright internal test, and then bounced into the net, the score became 1-0.
But two minutes later, paraguay was still in color. While the Peruvian players were still basking in the joy of scoring, their quick counter-attack came quietly. Ferreira ran all the way after getting the ball in the middle of the road, watching the defenders dare not go forward to break the ball, Ferreira has so far exploded outside the box, the ball is of excellent quality, the ball almost did not rotate, and then flew straight to the dead corner of the goal, but unfortunately it was not biased and smashed on the crossbar, there was no chance to equalize, Ferreira then also used a bitter smile to express regret, Peru escaped the disaster.
Peru then gradually grasped the situation on the pitch, extending their lead towards the end of the first half of the year. In the melee in the penalty area, the Uruguayan defender hurried to break the siege, and the ball came directly to the opponent's feet. Yuton, who had been ambushed for a long time at the back post, received a high-quality cross from his teammate on the left side of the road and directly volleyed in the air, the ball was extremely fast, the distance was very close, the goalkeeper was also out of reach, and the score came to 2-0. In the second half, the two teams attacked and defended each other, but neither achieved anything, and the score was finally fixed.
In the cheers of thousands of fans at home in Peru, Peru played quite a lot of money in this game, except for the time when it was hit by Uruguay on the crossbar, the initiative on the field was on the Peruvian side the rest of the time. Peru gave up possession of the ball in the whole game, only 41% of the possession, but in terms of the number of shots on goal, they had 12, while Paraguay only had 8, peru also led 4 times, paraguay only 1. The victory was therefore a classic triumph, with Peru qualifying for the play-offs.
They celebrated wildly at home after the game, and although it was not the final promotion to the World Cup, they already knew that their next opponent would be one between the UAE and Australia, and whoever they won was very big. Moreover, australia has made many national football fans hate after Brexit and Asia, so it is looking forward to the best of Peru's team to be able to kill the Kangaroo Army's promotion hopes, which is what fans want to see most.