A risky passing game between Carlos Zambrano y Pedro Gallese put all the fans in suspense peruvian national teamthis Monday during the Peru vs Australia for the Qatar 2022 playoff. The goalkeeper and the central defender played short in the area with a rival striker nearby, but everything went well for the bicolor.
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20 minutes into the match had elapsed when ‘León’ supported himself with ‘Octopus’ to hold possession of the ball in a dangerous way. The national goalkeeper did not clear and returned following a brief pause, leaving the followers of the ‘Blanquirroja’ in silence.
Peru and Australia drew goalless at the end of the first half of the playoff match that is played at the Ahmad bin Ali stadium in Doha for the penultimate quota for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The meeting is crucial for the Blanquirroja, led by Argentine Ricardo Gareca, as he dreams of playing his second consecutive World Cup, following Russia 2018.
If he gets the ticket to the World Cup in Qatar, Gareca will become the first coach to take Peru to two World Cups in a row, as the Blanquirroja did it in 1978 and 1982, but with different coaches.
For Australia, an eventual victory, which will define the team that goes to Group D where France, Denmark and Tunisia are already, would give them the pass to their sixth World Cup.
