With the defeat, the Peruvian dream of reaching its second consecutive World Cup was cut short after its return to the top soccer event in Russia 2018 after 36 years of absence.
Australia, which qualified for its sixth World Cup in its history and fifth in a row since the competition played in Germany in 2006, will join Group D with France, Denmark and Tunisia.
The Peruvian team agreed to the play-off with Australia by finishing fifth in the South American qualifiers, in which Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay qualified directly.
In the match played at the Al Rayyan stadium in Qatar, Peru tried to impose their characteristic game of ball control, while Australia proposed a more orderly and physical game, with moments of high pressure on the rival output.
After a first half without danger on the goals, Peru played more directly in the complement and had approaches to the goal defended by Mathew Ryan.
Australia took advantage of the silence of the Inca team in the final minutes and responded with shots from Aziz Behich and Ajdin Hrustic that demanded goalkeeper Pedro Gallese.
In extra time, the Peruvian team regained control and created several chances, but had no aim to break the zero.
The clearest chance of the game was at minute 107 through a header by Edison Flores that hit the base of the left post of the goal and went wide.
Peru represented the South American Confederation, while Australia reached the play-off for the Asian tie.
Formations
Peru: Pedro Gallese; Luis Advíncula, Carlos Zambrano, Alexander Callens and Miguel Trauco; Christofer Gonzáles, Renato Tapia, Christian Cueva, Sergio Peña and André Carrillo; Gianluca Lapadula. DT: Ricardo Gareca.
Australia: Matthew Ryan; Nathaniel Atkinson, Bailey Wright, Kye Rowles, and Aziz Behich; Aaron Mooy, Jackson Irvine, Ajdin Hrustico, Martin Boyle, and Craig Goodwin; Matthew Leckie. DT: Graham Arnold.
Referee: Slavko Vincic (Slovenia).
Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali (Qatar).
Source: Ambito
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