This Thursday it was confirmed that New Zealand will be the rival of the Peruvian National Team in its last friendly prior to the playoff heading to the 2022 Qatar World Cup and thus Ricardo Gareca’s team could face in the coming months the same four official opponents of the playoffs and the 2018 World Cup.
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The Bicolor faced the New Zealand team in the last playoff, in November 2017. Then, in Russia, they collided with Denmark, France and Australia. These same opponents They could be rivals in friendlies, playoffs and the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Football and destiny could give the National Team a nice revenge who was left with a tasteless after being eliminated in the group stage of the last Cup.
The warm-up friendly will be played on June 5 in Barcelona. New Zealand He is also preparing for the duel for classification, which he will play against Costa Rica. In 2017, Peru tied 0-0 away and won 3-1 at hometo return to the World Cup after 36 years.
Later, in Russia he began his journey with a remembered 1-0 defeat against Denmark in which Christian Cueva missed a penalty. Their second game was against France and also fell by the minimum despite having played a very good role. These two European teams will also be rivals in the group stage if Bicolor qualifies for Qatar 2022.
Australia would be the fourth on this list of known selected. He faced him in his third meeting in Russia, which he won 2-0, and could see him again in the playoffs, if they beat the United Arab Emirates in the Asian duel.