The choice of Peru This Thursday left the final position of qualified 2026 worldthat now occupies Chile, by beating at five 3-1 to Bolivia at the National Stadium. The Bicolor, on the debut match on the bench of former guide Oscar Ibáñez, reunited with the victory thanks to the goals of Andy Polo and his captain Paolo Guerrero in the first half, and Edison Flores in the second. Miguel Thirds is shortened distance when a penalty.
Peru adds 10 points to thirteen games and is now covering the ninth or penultimate area. And Chile was a colist with 9. Peru raised the game from the first minute, with Guerrero and André Carrillo as creators, but the green defense managed to neutralize the area’s advancement.
Bolivia maintains a more defensive behavior and only an essay by Miguel Terceros and Héctor Cuéllars to reach Peru’s purpose. Striker Carmelo Algarañaz has regulated the game for green, but Peruvian defense with Peña cut off the initiative. Then, the edge Miguel Tauco had the brightest coming to the Bolivian arch with a shot, but that viscar stopped his knee.
Andy Polo opened the marking for 37 minutes, after Carrillo’s playing, and passed on a few legs before the university shot. Seven minutes later, Guerrero went to the second with a shot in front of the arch, which he received from behind him and collapsed in Viscarra.
In the second half, the referee charges a penalty in favor of Bolivia, shooting at third parties and marked the first for green in 57 minutes of playing. After that play, the leaders of Oscar Villegas took a mastery of attack and tried to increase the difference. Vaca conducted a free kick that moved above Gallese’s goal.
Technical file
3 – Peru: Pedro Gallese; Luis Advíncula, Renzo Garcés, Luis Abram, Miguel Tauco; Renato Tapia, André Carrillo (M.79, Marcos López), Sergio Peña (M.72, Edison Flores), Andy Polo (M.64, Pedro Aquino); Bryan Queen (M.64, Kevin Quevedo) and Paolo Guerrero (M.79, Gianluca Lapadula)
1 – Bolivia: Guillermo Viscarra; Diego Medina, Luis Haquin, Efraín Morales, José Sagredo (M.47, Lucas Chávez); Héctor Cuéllar (M.47, Robson Matheus), Gabriel Villamil, Ramiro Vaca, Roberto Fernández; Miguel Terceros (M.87, Moisés Paniagua) and Carmelo Algarañaz (M.91, Víctor Abrego)
Objectives: 1-0, Andy Polo (m. 37); 2-0, Paolo Guerrero (m. 44); 2-1, Miguel Third Parties, Penalty (m. 57); 3-1, Edison Flores (m. 81)
Referee: The Argentine Yael Falcón
Incidents: Match the Thirteenth Day of the South American Qualifiers of World Cup 2026 played at the National Stadium of Five.
Edison Flores marked the third for Peru in a Var -proven play, at Bolivia’s request, after two consecutive auctions in the Viscarra Arch. In the eleventh days of qualifications, which will perform on March 25, Peru will visit Venezuela and Bolivia will receive Uruguay.
Source: La Verdad
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