Pablo Giralt reacted to the defeat of the Peruvian team: “I feel like they didn’t give everything they had”

The peruvian national team he fell in the penalty shootout against Australia in the playoffs and was left out of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. After 120 minutes, Ricardo Gareca’s team had to define their quota for the World Cup from twelve steps; however, Luis Advíncula and Alex Valera missed their shots, leaving Ricardo Gareca’s team out. Given this, Pablo Giralt, a journalist from DirecTV Sports, stated that he “was angry” at the level of the ‘Blanquirroja’.

“Peru out of the World Cup, Australia in the race. I am angry because Peru was not Peru. I’m annoyed because the Qualifiers are so long, you go to a single game and you only play well in extra time. They can’t go 105 minutes without kicking the goal, it makes me angryGiralt stated.

Then it ended: “I do not say it in a demagogic way, I say it because of the illusion of Peruvians. I feel angry because this group of boys made history with the national team, reaching a Copa América final, the last World Cup; and also by Ricardo Gareca. But I am upset because you can win or lose, the issue is to die of nothing, today I feel that Peru did not give everything it had.

PERU OUT OF THE WORLD QATAR 2022

The Peruvian soccer team was left out of the Qatar World Cup on Monday after losing 5-4 in the penalty shootout against Australia in the playoff played in the city of Doha, after equalizing goalless in the 90 minutes of regulation and in time extra.

With the defeat, the Peruvian dream of reaching its second consecutive World Cup was cut short after its return to the top soccer 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 played in Germany in 2006, will join Group D with France, Denmark and Tunisia.

The Peruvian team agreed to the play-off with Australia by finishing fifth in the South American qualifiers, in which Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay qualified directly.

In the match played at the Al Rayyan stadium in Qatar, Peru tried to impose their characteristic game of ball control, 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 had approaches to the goal defended by Mathew Ryan.

Australia took advantage of the silence of the Inca team in the final minutes and responded with shots from Aziz Behich and Ajdin Hrustic that demanded goalkeeper Pedro Gallese.

In extra time, the Peruvian team regained control and created several chances, but 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 of the goal and went wide.

Peru represented the South American Confederation, while Australia reached the play-off for the Asian tie.