Pedro Castillo, President of Peruwas convinced on Sunday that his country’s team would beat Australia on Monday in the playoff match for the penultimate place for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
“Peru knows that tomorrow (this Monday) we will win“Castillo stated in an interview with state TV channel Peru, after serving more than 100 days since his last statement to the press.
The Peruvian president also referred to his government’s decision to declare Monday, the date of the transcendental commitment, a national holiday for the public sector, an act he described as “a gift to the world’s best fans.”
“Tomorrow (Monday) Peru wins and here they have a government that will do a lot for sports,” Castillo stressed.
The Peruvian soccer team this Sunday celebrated the last day of its training in Doha, where it arrived on Friday after completing its training at the San Cugat High Performance Sports Center in Barcelona.
The The clash in Australia will take place on Monday, June 13th at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, where Bicolor will be looking to qualify for the final stage of the World Cup for the second consecutive time, after Russia in 2018, when it achieved a historic comeback in this type of event after 36 years.
La Blanquirroja arrived in the capital of Qatar with high spirits, after winning 1-0 against New Zealand in the friendly played in Barcelonacrowded by Peruvian fans, with a goal won in the 69th minute of play by striker Gianluca Lapadula.
The last and only time Peru and Australia met was in the first round of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, in a clash that ended in a 2-0 victory in favor of the South Americans.
Source: La Verdad
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