midfielder Giorgian de Arrascaeta he was the author of the only goal of the match at the end of the first half, which allowed “Celeste” to manage the rest of the match without major complications.
At 4 minutes, the first danger play was Peru, after a play on the right between Luis Advincula and Andre Carrillo which ended with a cross headed by Gianluca Lapadula on the edge of the small area that the Uruguayan goalkeeper stopped Serge Rochet.
The second situation was also from the visiting team. At 11 minutes the opportunity came after a mistake by the defense Jose Maria Gimenez who gave Lapadula the ball, but the center-forward met again with a formidable save from Rochet, who managed to send it to the corner against the left post.
Until the half hour of the match, Uruguay failed to hit a free kick on goal Pedro Gallese nor the predominance in possession of the ball. Just after 40 minutes, a shot from afar Rodrigo Valverde forced the Peruvian goalkeeper to provoke a corner kick, which led to the only goal of the game.
A lower center Darwin Nunez in the immediate play, he brought a strong shot to the crossbar of Luis Suarez who rescued By Arrascaeta to finally break the Peruvian goalkeeper.
The second half began with local dominance, which had the chance to widen the difference after 2 minutes. Valverde He moved Peru’s goal again with another long-range shot, which hit the upper right corner squarely.
This complement passed practically without clear scoring situations for either of the two selected, with a Uruguayan predominance but without bringing danger to the visiting area. The procedure allowed the team led by Diego Alonso to pass without major shocks, except for a long-distance shot that Rochet managed to save on the line.
The Peruvians protested against the Brazilian referee Anderson Daronco because the television image left serious doubts about the possibility that the ball had entered completely.
Then there were hugs, applause and fireworks to close the rainy Uruguayan night.
In the absence of an away game against Chile, Uruguay thus secured fourth place in the qualifying round along with Ecuador with 25 points, four units above Peru, which maintained fifth place.
Brazil and Argentina are already classified from 2021 for the world event to take place towards the end of the year.
The goal that changed history
Synthesis
Uruguay: Sergio Rochet; Ronald Araújo, Diego Godín, José María Giménez, Mathias Olivera; Facundo Pellistri, Rodrigo Bentancur, Federico Valverde, Giorgian de Arrascaeta; Luis Suarez and Darwin Nunez. DT: Diego Alonso.
Peru: Pedro Gallese; Luis Advíncula, Carlos Zambrano, Alexander Callens, Miguel Trauco; Renato Tapia, Sergio Peña, Yoshimar Yotún; André Carrillo, Christian Cueva and Gianluca Lapadula. DT: Ricardo Gareca.
Goal in the first half: 42m De Arrascaeta (U).
Changes in the second half: at the beginning, Edison Flores for Peña (P); 15m Christofer Gonzáles for Yotún (P); 19m Santiago Ormeño for Carrillo (P); 21m Edinson Cavani for Nunez (U); 30m Lucas Torreira for Suarez (U); 31m Horacio Calcaterra for Cueva (P) and Alex Valera for Lapadula (P); 38m Maximiliano Gómez for De Arrascaeta (U) and Damián Suárez for Pellistri (U).
Stadium: Centennial (Montevideo).
Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil).
Source: Ambito
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