The soccer team of Peru was left out of the 2022 Qatar World Cup on Monday by falling 5-4 in the penalty shootout against Australia in the playoff played in the city of Dohaafter equalizing goalless in the regulation 90 minutes and in extra time.
in penalties, goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne covered Alex Valera’s decisive shotafter his entry in the final minutes to save only in the shootout and put on a show on the finish line to distract your rivals.
“Only words of thanks to the fans, whoa crowd came, we couldn’t give him the joy of qualifying for the World Cup, so very hurt”, said after the game the DT of Peru, the Argentine Ricardo Gareca.
Aaron Mooy, Craig Goodwin, Ajdin Hrustic, Jamie Maclaren and Awer Mabil scored for Australia, while Gianluca Lapadula, Alexander Callens, Renato Tapia and Edison Flores scored for Peru.
The goal Pedro Gallese covered the first shot of the series to Martin Boyle, while Luis Advíncula crashed the third shot of the Peruvian team into a post.
with defeat, the Peruvian dream of reaching its second consecutive World Cup was cut short after his return to the top football event in Russia 2018 after 36 years of absence.
Australia, which qualified for its sixth World Cup in its history and fifth in a row since the competition held in Germany in 2006, will be part of Group D with France, Denmark and Tunisia.
“It was intense. I have never been in such a situation. You have to give everyone credit, they didn’t take us into account, we broke our hearts, I’m speechless, proud of my teammates. this is for australiaMitchell Duke said after the win on penalties.
The Peruvian team agreed to the playoff with Australia by placing fifth in the South American qualifiersin which Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay achieved their classification directly.
In the match played at the Al Rayyan stadium in Qatar, Peru tried to impose their characteristic ball control game, while Australia proposed a more orderly and physical game, with moments of high pressure on the rival output.
After a first half without danger on the goals, Peru played more directly in the complement and featured approaches to the goal defended by Mathew Ryan.
Australia took advantage the remains of the Inca team in the final minutes and responded with shots from Aziz Behich and Ajdin Hrustic who demanded goalkeeper Pedro Gallese.
In extra time, the selected Peruvian regained dominance and created several opportunitiesbut had no aim to break the zero.
The clearest chance of the game was at minute 107 through a header by Edison Flores that hit the base of the left post from the bow and went wide.
Peru represented the South American Confederation, while Australia reached the play-off for the Asian tie.
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Peru falls 5-4 with Australia on penalties and is out of the World Cup