The selection of Peru plans to play a friendly match with the New Zealand in Barcelona before playing in June the playoff match against Qatar World Cup 2022 against the winner of the clash between Australia Y United Arab Emirateslocal media reported on Tuesday.
Although the meeting has not yet been confirmed by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF)the newspaper Trade He assured that he has confirmed that the rival of the Blanquirroja will be the All Whites, after the option of it being Morocco was ruled out.
According to the newspaper, the FPF is “managing all the details” so that the match is played in the RCDE Espanyol Stadium against a team that will also seek classification at world Qatari in the other key of the playoff against Costa Rica.
The Depor newspaper added that the date of the friendly is not yet confirmed but it could be played on June 5, 6 or 7, the latter on the same day as the Asian Football Confederation playoff match between Australia Y United Arab Emirates.
Peru faced New Zealand in the playoff to Russia World Cup 2018, with a goalless draw away and a 2-0 win at Lime that sealed its historic classification to a world Cup after 36 years.
The team led by the Argentine Ricardo Gareca will seek to go to his second consecutive World Cup in the playoff that will be played on June 13 against the winner of the match between Australia and the United Arab Emirates.
In Peru is given as a possible rival to Australiaa team that the Peruvians have already defeated in the group series of the 2018 World Cup in Russia by 2-0, with goals from Andre Carrillo and Paolo Guerrero.
“Precisely the style of the Socceroos is very similar to that of New Zealand. Without a doubt, playing against the All Whites will serve as a kind of prelude to what could happen in a hypothetical duel between Peru and Australia,” remarked El Comercio.
Gareca announced on April 6 that it plans to install the Peruvian concentration in the Spanish cities of Barcelona either Murcia starting next May 29 or 30, about two weeks before the play-off match that will be played in Doha.
Regarding the World Cup group that will go to the winner of their play-off series, the coach considered “a mere coincidence” that it is made up of France and Denmarkto those who Peru also faced in Russia 2018, but he announced that he will only make more comments if the classification is achieved.
Peru entered the World Cup playoffs for the second time in a row after occupying fifth position in the South American qualifiers, after Ecuador, Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil, who qualified directly for Taste.
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