The voice of the stadium named each Peruvian protagonist for the clash of this day under a shower of whistles and insults, except when Gareca was mentioned. It is that there was a small silence and then a general applause from the 36 thousand fans present.
Throughout a minute everyone present applauded the former coach of Vélez and a key man to go to the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, as he scored his goal at the end, after a “courage” from Daniel Passarella, and thus Argentina said present in what would then be the second star. Just Argentina’s rival in that match was Peru and they ended up drawing 2-2.
Two years ago, before the officialization of Lionel Scaloni as head of Argentina, his name was circulated in the media more than in the AFA itself, and he said: “I am Argentine, I love my country, but I have a contract with Peru that He offered everything, he gave me everything, and I must respect him. “
In the midst of the idyll with the fans, who once again sold out the available tickets to occupy 50% of the capacity, the team led by Lionel Scaloni will try to stretch the undefeated of 24 games that it has dragged on since July 2019 and, at the same time, give a Another step towards qualifying for the Qatar World Cup, which will begin in November next year.
The national team is in second place with 22 points, six behind the leader Brazil and the same distance took out Ecuador and Uruguay, the main pursuers, even with the pending ruling of the suspended classic in Brazil.
Peru, on the other hand, is out of everything since it is in seventh position with 11 points and not even with a historic and unprecedented victory in Buenos Aires will it be able to reach the playoff zone, which for now belongs to Colombia.
This will be the closing for the last triple qualifying date of this year, since from November two matches per international window will be played again.
Argentina’s next matches will be on November 11 in Montevideo, at the Champion of the Century stadium against Uruguay; and five days later against Brazil, at home, at the San Juan Bicentennial Stadium.
Peru could never beat Argentina as a visitor and dragged a long negative streak of thirteen games: their last victory was in the Copa América in Bolivia in 1997 (2-1).
By Qualifiers, the last antecedent of a Peruvian victory is even more distant, since it was in Lima on June 23, 1985 (1-0).
When will Argentina vs Peru play?
The match for the twelfth date of the South American Qualifiers will be played next Thursday from 8.30 pm at the Monumental stadium of Club Atlético River Plate.
Where to watch Argentina vs Peru
The duel between the National Team and its pair led by Ricardo Gareca will be televised throughout the country by Public Television (TVP) and by the cable signal TyC Sports.
Probable formations of Argentina vs Peru
Argentina: Emiliano Martínez; Montiel or Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi and Marcos Acuña; Rodrigo de Paul, Leandro Paredes and Giovani Lo Celso; Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martínez and Ángel Di María. DT: Lionel Scaloni.
Peru: Pedro Gallese; Luis Advíncula, Christian Ramos, Alexander Callens and Marcos Johan López; Pedro Aquino, Gabriel Costa, Christofer Gonzáles and Yoshimar Yotún; Christian Cueva and Gianluca Lapadula. DT: Ricardo Gareca.
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