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Everyone plays in Ricardo Gareca’s team. Players, technical command and all the public that is possible. After the victory in Barranquilla, Peru marches in fourth place in the Qualifiers and defends that privileged place this Tuesday against Ecuador in Lima. For this reason, the Bicolor not only wants to count on the dedication of its boys, but also on the cry of the fans. Through a joint statement, they asked the authorities to play with 100% capacity.
While waiting for the game, the fans do all the math possible to see the Bicolor’s path to the World Cup. With 20 points and an advantage of three units over the sixth and one of the fifth, today Peru has in its favor that it closes the Qualifiers with two home games, so finishing the tournament with 26 is possible, just as it happened on the way to Russia. 2018.
Now the 26 points would mean a possible direct classification to the World Cup. “”, tells us Eduardo Combe, a statistical journalist for Canal N.
, reiterates Israel Zárate, a journalist who today works at DirecTV. “With the six points at home, we hope that Colombia gives up points in one of their three games, which could be this Tuesday against Argentina”, he adds. With that, Peru would have its direct quota as fourth and even as third. Ecuador has a complicated calendar.
| Peru with 24 points victory against ECU and draw against URU | date 16 Tuesday | date 17 March 24th | date 18 March 29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| You can qualify directly or secure playoffs with the following results | URU wins or draws with VEN PER wins ECU BRA vence a PAR BOL beats CHI ARG wins COL | URU tied with PER COL wins or draws with BOL BRA vence to WHO PER sale to ECU ARG – COME (determines nothing) | Classify direct: If you beat Paraguay If you tie and Argentina beat Ecuador If you draw and Uruguay do not win in Chile To the playoff only if we lose to Paraguay and Uruguay beat Chile |
| posts 3 ECU 24 4 PER 23 5 URU 22/20 6 BOL 18 7 COL 17 8 CHI 16 | posts 3 ECU 24 4 PER 24 5 URU 23/21 6 COL 20 | Matches 3 ECU 24 vs. ARG 4 PER 24 vs. PAR 5 URU 23/21 vs. SPEND 6 COL 20 vs. VEN |
With this, winning the northerners is necessary to have the statistics on our side. The sports journalist Luis Cruz made his table of possibilities in which Peru can qualify even with 22 points, but in his calculations it is also the 26 points that will give Peru peace of mind. “”, comments us.
With the victory on Tuesday, Peru reaches March in fourth place “just like the Play off past and in that Uruguay-Peru all the pressure would be on them if Colombia beats Bolivia”, he tells us.
| Peru with 26 or 27 | Points that can be added | with 27 | with 26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| You can qualify directly or secure playoffs | 3rd ECU 24 – can exceed 30 points 4 ° PER 20 – get to 27/26 5th URU 19 – can reach 28/26 and Chile reaches 22* 6° COL 17 – can reach 26 7° CHI 16 – can reach 25 and Uruguay reaches 25* | It would secure the classification. By stealing points from URU, they could only get to 26. | URU can overtake him and COL catch up in fifth place. I would define the goal difference. You have to hope that COL doesn’t win all that’s left. |
| * They face each other |
“”Edward tells us. “With 23 you can reach, but Colombia does not win everything. With 24, no way”, sentences the specialist.
The concrete thing is that Peru depends on itself and has the calendar in its favor, since it plays two of the three home games and there are direct duels that can help it, such as Bolivia-Chile and Chile-Uruguay. Thus, the playoffs are still alive, and Peru breathe today from a good place.
Source: Elcomercio
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