Peruvian national team: 50% capacity, the figure that Peru has not been able to reach and seeks to face Ecuador

Everybody plays. While Ricardo Gareca refine details for this Sunday’s friendly against Panama Thinking about the key match against Colombia (01/28) in Barranquilla for the 2022 Qualifiers, the Peruvian Football Federation met with the Minister of Health, Hernando Cevallos, to define the presence of the public in the Peru vs. Ecuador next February 1, after the visit to the Colombian city.

“This morning an important advance was achieved in the decision to carry out the Peru vs. Ecuador for the South American Qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, with an audience in the stands”, informed, through a statement, the FPF about the talks with the health sector.

In addition, the match against the northern team will be on February 1, in two weeks, time in which, in the best of cases, the contagion curve will begin to descend, just as it has been happening in other countries where the Omicron variant.

The Bicolor seeks to close the Qualifiers with the support of the unconditional fans who could not be at the beginning, but did show their loyalty in the last dates. Against Uruguay, Venezuela, Chile and Bolivia, everyone’s team played at the National Stadium with 20% capacity.

In the finals of the League 1 2021 the Minsa also gave the green light for the public to return to the stadiums in a match of the local tournament. In both meetings it was with 30% of the total.

How is the situation in other countries?

There are only four dates left for the Qualifiers to end. Peru is in fifth place with 17 points, the same as its next rival, Colombia (4th, with better goal difference). And just as both teams will play everything for everything to qualify for Qatar in these four games, six other teams still dream of going to the World Cup. Only Brazil and Argentina are already classified. Therefore, the support of the fans is essential.

Ecuador and Paraguay, for now, have reported that they will have 50% capacity when they face Brazil and Uruguay, respectively.

Chile will host Argentina at the Zorros del Desierto Stadium in Calama with 60% capacity. That is, seven thousand people in the stands. The Venezuela vs. bolivia, which will be played in Barinas, has not yet defined whether or not it will be with the public.