1-0, min. 5, Gianluca Lapadula. 2-0, min. 42, Yoshimar Yotún.
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Goals and Highlights Peru 2-0 Paraguay: in World Cup Qualifiers 2022
Peru defeats Paraguay, secures the playoffs and continues with the hopes of playing in the World Cup in Qatar, after getting the victory with a goal in the 5th minute and another one in the 42nd minute.
At the end of the first half, Peru was the better side, Gallese almost conceded an own goal, Cales headed the ball back to him, but there was no communication and the Paraguayan goal was almost scored.
Oscar Romero has had a chance to equalize, but his shots end up wide or in the hands of goalkeeper Gallese.
Julio Enciso gets in a shot, but it goes wide.
The Cafetaleros will look for a victory in the last match against Venezuela, if they achieve it, they will reach 23 points and will wait for Paraguay to beat Peru, since a tie would put them at 23 points and complicate the Colombians' qualification.
During four processes prior to the World Cup, the Guaranis have had to play a role in Colombia's aspirations to reach the World Cup.
Former soccer player and ESPN journalist, Percy Olivares, assured that "if nothing strange happens", Peru has to beat Paraguay.
"There is no doubt in my mind that Peru is going to beat Paraguay."
"Normally I do not predict anything, but if nothing strange happens, Peru has to beat Paraguay. They have to beat them quietly and that means scoring goals," he said.
Edison Flores aims to be the replacement for the injured André Carrillo, being the favorite, the one Ricardo Garcia would bet on based on his position, deployment and experience, the Orejas feels ready to perform, as he did with his goals in the victory against Colombia and the draw with Ecuador in the last double date of Eliminatorias.
"I always see myself scoring, I always imagine the goal, I think about having a chance and taking advantage of it and let's hope it happens", said the attacking midfielder in statements to RPP.
With swords and amulets, four Peruvian shamans cast a spell outside Lima's National Stadium last Monday to nullify the effectiveness of the Paraguayan national team in its duel against Peru for the playoff ticket.
The healers placed wooden amulets over the photograph of the Paraguayan team to "neutralize" their performance. Source: EFE/P. Aguilar
There is speculation about a possible Pact of Santiago to leave Colombia and Peru without the chance of a playoff. If both Colombians and Peruvians lose, while the Chileans win, the latter will have the possibility of playing in a playoff against the third place team from Asia in order to qualify for the World Cup.
Mario Villasanti, former goalkeeper and current director of Youth National Teams of Paraguay, referred to this important match. Mentioning that Peru has chances and depends on itself, the match between Paraguay vs Ecuador seemed to him to be quite good.
"Peru has chances and depends on itself, the match that Paraguay had to play here against Ecuador seemed quite good to me, new faces, many young players, I think that a new process is opening with regard to the replacement of players for the next Qualifiers and the upcoming Copa América", said Villasanti on Radio Ovación.
How the VAR decided the Peru-Uruguay controversy is revealed
The Peru vs. Uruguay game was controversial, as there was a play that at first glance, was a goal in favor of Peru, but the referee Anderson Daronco annulled it and the game continued. After this, Conmebol released the audio and images of how the VAR members acted in that action.
"Let's check with the camera, let it go on and let's go calmly," Wagner Reway says at one point. "Checking, it didn't go in", "The ball doesn't go in, let's zoom in here. It doesn't go in", says Reway, afterwards.
The 'Búfalo' Roberto Ovelar assured that he will have mixed feelings this Tuesday in the Peru-Paraguay match, he also mentioned that Ricardo Gareca has been with the national team for 7 years and will know how to replace André Carillo, being a very explosive player who fulfills a double function, defending the team in block and going forward. Being sure that Ricardo Gareca will look for a replacement to continue with the same style of play.
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Both teams have met 15 times in the qualifiers, leaving the balance in favor of the Peruvians with 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 victories for the Paraguayans, leaving with 22 goals for and 18 against the team coached by Tigre Gareca.
In the last 5 meetings in all competitions, the balance has been on the side of the Peruvians having 3 wins and 2 draws, this could be the first victory for the Paraguayans since 2016.
Peru 3-3 Paraguay, 2 Jul, 2021, Copa America
Paraguay 2-2 Peru, 8 Oct, 2020, CONMEBOL Qualifiers
Peru 1-0 Paraguay, 22 Mar, 2019 , International Friendlies
Peru 1-0 Paraguay, 8 Jun, 2017, International Friendlies
Paraguay 1-4 Peru, 10 Nov, 2016, CONMEBOL Playoffs
Peru comes from losing to Uruguay by the minimum last Thursday at the Centenario stadium, missing an opportunity to position themselves better and overtake their rival, who had one more point, but with the defeat they moved up to 4 points, placing them in fifth place.
Paraguay of their last 5 matches, only won 1 and tied 1, won last Thursday after a 3-1 victory over Ecuador, placing them in eighth place with 16 points.
Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Paraguay's DT, highlighted his team's attitude and pressure in the 3-1 victory over Ecuador. So Schelotto highlighting that on Tuesday they will try to do the same against Peru in the last match of the South American Qualifiers Qatar 2022.
"I liked the attitude and with more work time we will be much better. Attitude and pressure are fundamental in my team and against Ecuador they helped each other to achieve this result. On Tuesday we will try to do the same against Peru," said the 'Mellizo'.
Peru is playing against Paraguay for a place in the playoffs, a victory will leave them in the last tickets to the World Cup. After this the Incas will not be able to count on one of the regulars for Gareca. This was announced by the blanquiroja, through its Twitter account, confirmed the injury of André Carrillo, after suffering a sprain in his left knee".
Pedro Gallese, goalkeeper known for playing in Liga MX with Veracruz, currently plays for Orlando City, being a goalkeeper of great quality, so he will be fundamental for his presence in set pieces, to contain the attack of the rivals.
Antony Silva is the current goalkeeper of Puebla and the Paraguayan national team, he has played 16 matches in the qualifiers, having good performances, but it has not been enough for his team to fight for the World Cup, so he could be fundamental in this match to close the qualifiers with a victory. Source: Twitter / Copa America
A few minutes before the end of the match between Peru and Uruguay, the referee did not charge, and did not even review, a goal in favor of the Incas that could have changed the story or even could have meant a valuable draw. In that sense, Alexander Callens exploded at this controversial situation and labeled it as a robbery.
"I told the referee that I checked it and he told me that he checked it. But I tell him that all the people say it's a goal. Now they just showed me the image and it's completely a goal. We have been robbed. It's a robbery, it's a VAR."
Peru will fight for the pass to the playoffs, the victory will leave them in the last tickets to the World Cup, but if they draw or lose they would put Colombia with 20 units or Chile with 19 points, the ticket to the playoffs, because if the Incas get the victory they reached 22 points depending entirely on their direct rivals losing.
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