The president of the Republic, peter castleexpressed his emotion after the Peruvian team won 2-0 against their Paraguayan pair at the National Stadium. With this result, those led by Ricardo Gareca managed to stay in fifth place in the South American qualifiers and must face the United Arab Emirates or Australia for a quota for Qatar 2022.
“I am very excited about the victory of the Peruvian team. His perseverance, dedication and teamwork are characteristics of all Peruvians when we want to achieve our goals. Thank you, teacher, technical team and guys. Democracy won last night, today Peru won,” Castillo Terrones said in a tweet.
Tweet by Pedro Castillo after the victory of the Peruvian team. Photo: Twitter capture
In his message, the head of state made reference to the second vacancy request against him, which was rejected. not reaching the required 87 votes to interrupt a presidential term.
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Last Monday, after the releases of Castillo Terrones —and numerous incidents that delayed the start of the parliamentary debate—, the national representation discussed the vacancy motion promoted by the opposition to the Government.
Peru goes to the playoffs and will face the United Arab Emirates or Australia
The Bicolor managed to place fifth in the South American qualifiers heading to Qatar 2022 and agreed to the playoffs, so he will have to face the representation of the United Arab Emirates or Australia to ensure his passage to the next World Cup event.
“We are very happy where we are. We wanted to qualify directly, but it couldn’t be. However, the most important thing is that the group knew how to overcome adversity”, he declared. Ricardo ‘El Tigre’ Gareca at a press conference after the Peruvian victory against Paraguay.
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With goals from Gianluca Lapadula (5′) and Yoshimar Yotún (42′), the Blanquirroja added 24 points in the aggregate and left Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia and Venezuela out of Qatar 2022.
