Turning point in involution from Renato Tapia. After a start to the year to forget in the Celtic, the midfielder achieved a transcendental victory this Friday in the South American qualifying phase for the world. Peru has defeated at home Columbia (0-1) and in the absence of three days for the conclusion of the league is located in the fourth place in the standings, since it grants direct ticket to Qatar.
the celtic pivot has played the 90 minutes of the match played in Barranquilla. A few months ago this would not have been news, but Tapia had not yet completed a match in 2022. COVID, a knee injury and your weight loss in the plans of Edward Coudet they had been prevented. His month of January to forget with Celta has not influenced the coach Ricardo Gareca, who has once again blindly trusted the midfielder from Lima.
Tapia’s second appearance in a World Cup is much closer thanks to the victory against a direct rival. Colombia and Peru they arrived tied on points to this duel and equality has been maintained until minute 85, when the inca team has scored the only goal of the match through edison flowers. The triumph of ‘The White-red’ allows you to overcome Uruguay in the table and placed fourth with a point advantage. The first four classified in the South American tournament go directly to the World Cup and the fifth goes to the playoffs.
On Tuesday Peru will seek to take another step towards Qatar. will receive Ecuador, which is in third position. The league will be resolved definitively at the end of March, with Tapia’s team visiting Uruguay and closing the qualifying phase as a local against Paraguay, which is already evicted.
