At 7:30 Beijing time on October 15, the 12th round of the 2022 Qatar World Cup World Preliminary Round South American Group Stage began, and the early match was played by Argentina at home to meet the visiting Peru. In the first half, Romero's goal was blown and Lautaro's hammer gave Argentina a 1-0 lead; The easy side fought again, Martinez struck to send the point, but Yuton hit the frieze. In the end, the match ended, Argentina beat Peru 1-0, took all three points at home, and continued to rank second in the South American division table. Argentina's consecutive unbeaten run expanded to 25, the longest record in football today.
Only 1 minute after the game, De Paul broke through to the depths of the Peruvian penalty area with the ball on the wing, but his final handling seemed to be like a pass, and he was not able to create a threat; 2 minutes later, The Argentine attack resumed, Messi sent a freehand straight plug from the outside of the foot, Di Maria received the ball and directly hit the goal, but the angle was too small, sliding out of the goal; in the 9th minute, Argentina won a free kick in the front position of the center circle, Christian Romero grabbed the first nodding hammer to break the goal, but due to offside, the goal was invalid.
In the 21st minute, the Peruvian team counterattacked, three passes and two balls came to the feet of Rapadula, but the latter's shot was confiscated by Martinez in time, Argentina escaped the disaster; in the 33rd minute, Messi's free kick on the right side was firmly held by Galese, and 3 minutes later, Messi's long-range free kick was hoisted to the center of the penalty area, and Galesé attacked again to defuse it, trying to ensure that the city gate was not lost.
In the 42nd minute of the first half, Argentina played a wonderful combination on the right side, Molina and De Paul tacitly collided with the wall and picked up the pass on their feet, and the smell-sensitive Lautaro rushed to the homeopathic header to blast the goal, helping the Pampas Eagles to take the lead at the end of the first half, Argentina 1-0 Peru!
In the 55th minute, Pedro Aquino midfielder took the ball and chose to shoot from a distance, but did not play the power and was confiscated by Martinez; in the 65th minute, Damien Martinez recklessly attacked the penalty area to send a point, but Yuton's penalty burst on the crossbar, Peru missed the equalizer, and then Yuton was replaced by Cartagena.
In the 70th minute, Argentina won another excellent free-kick opportunity, Messi chose to directly attack the goal, but was once again saved by Galese. In the 86th minute, Gonzalez dribbled into the box and hit the goal, but the ball was destroyed beyond the bottom line. In the 88th minute, Argentina opened a corner kick on the left and Rodriguez's header was broken, but the goal was ruled invalid for a foul.
In the ensuing matches, both sides attacked and defended each other but did not achieve anything, and in the end, with Lautaro's goal, Argentina beat Peru 1-0 at home.
Starting line-ups for both sides: