Peru hosts Uruguay in round 9 of the World Cup qualification. The match will be played on Friday, September 3rd at Estadio Nacional (Lima)
The national team of Peru is on a roll. The Incas reached the semifinals of CA-2021, where they lost to the hosts of the tournament, the Brazilians, in a bitter struggle. And Peru invariably scored against Colombians (1-2 and 3-2), Ecuadorians (2-2), Venezuelans (0-1), and Paraguayans (3-3). The Peruvians started the qualification for the 2022 World Cup unsuccessfully, but in the last round, they defeated the Ecuadorian national team (1-2), thanks to which they retained the chances to finish in the top five and go to Qatar. A year ago, Peru sent two goals to the nets of the strong national teams of Brazil (2-4) and Paraguay (2-2).
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The Uruguayan national team is not what it used to be. The Sky Blues mediocrely played at the Copa America, where they won only two out of five matches and miraculously made it to the quarterfinals. Uruguay also showed a mediocre start to the qualification for the 2022 World Cup, gaining only eight points out of 18 possible. Tabares delayed a generational change, which, in all likelihood, will be carried out by his successor. The former leaders have aged, the new ones have not yet matured, and the coaching staff continues to use tactics that prevent the team from playing modern football. Hence the sharp deterioration in results. The Uruguayans will carry out the September cycle without a range of key performers. Coates, Suarez, Cavani, and Torreira are out of the roster. Among those who performed at CA-2021, young Torres, Ocampo, and Candido were not called up. All this complicates the already difficult position of the national team, which won only two out of 11 previous away matches in the qualifying rounds. Last fall, Uruguay conceded four goals in Ecuador, and in the qualification of the 2018 World Cup, it kept only two clean sheets away (out of 9 possible).
Gareca has been working with the Peru national team for a long time and successfully. He brought the Incas to the 2018 World Cup, won bronze medals at the CA-2015, and lost the final of the CA-2019. Under his management, the team demonstrates bold, bright and attacking football, which is meticulously organized and thought out to the smallest detail. Since 2015, Peru has played 12 home matches in the qualifiers for the World Cup and managed to score at least twice in most of them. Now only victory will suit the Incas. Deprived of significant personnel losses, they are capable of breaching the defense of the Uruguayans. And maybe more than once.
Prediction for the match: Peru to score over 1.0 goal
