The goals were scored by Gianluca Lapadula at 4 minutes and by Yoshimar Yotún at 42 minutes of play.
With the victory, Peru added 24 points and left Colombia and Chile without a chance, which depended on a negative result from the Inca team in Lima. Colombia beat Venezuela and was in sixth place with 23 points, while Chile lost to Uruguay and remained in seventh place with 19 points.
Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Ecuador, the first four places in the table, were already classified directly.
The match, played in a packed National Stadium, began with the pressure of the local team mainly on the right side of the field with side Luis Advíncula.
Thus, midfielder Christian Cueva, a headache for the Paraguayans, threw a cross pass to Lapadula who, inside the area, connected the ball that hits the crossbar first and then manages to rebound into the rival’s goal.
After the goal, Paraguay recovered and controlled the game for almost the entire second half of the first half, until a bad header clearance from a defender was taken by Yotún, who managed to increase the advantage with “scissors” for the Peruvian team.
In the second half, the visiting team populated the midfield with a greater recovery of the ball; while Peru tried to control the game with short and low passes.
At 83 minutes Lapadula almost scored the third goal after a header, which hit the post above the goal, after receiving a cross from his teammate Cueva.
Now Peru must define its ticket to the World Cup with Australia or the United Arab Emirates, who will meet in an Asian playoff in Doha on June 7.
The Peruvian team, with Ricardo Gareca as DT for seven years, came from less to more in the qualifiers with a permanent base of almost their entire squad.
The inclusion of Peruvian-Italian Lapadulla, who plays for Benevento Calcio in Serie B in Italy, made the historical striker and scorer Paolo Guerrero forget with the jacket, who is away from the courts due to an old injury.
For the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Peru played a playoff with New Zealand and achieved a historic return to the most important tournament in world football after a 36-year absence.
Source: Ambito
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