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From less to more: The best year for the Peruvian soccer team

In Russia 2018 Qualifying, Peru is playing well and has overcome all negative predictions, no longer loses in the last minutes, wins visit, by thrashing and comes alive to the last dates. In the last two dates he has shown it clearly and forcefully.

In the World Cup Qualifiers, first round on Thursday, August 31, 2017, Peru defeated Bolivia by 2 to 1 at the Estadio Monumental de Lima. With this victory, Peru increased its score in 3 units and stayed very close to the play area. Peru won Bolivia with goals from Edison Flores and Christian Cueva. Gilbert Álvarez scored the goal of Bolivia, so the Peruvian team was placed in the sixth position in the date number 15 of the Qualifiers.

The corresponding alignments were:

Peru vs. Bolivia: confirmed alignments

Peru: Carlos Cáceda; Luis Advíncula, Alberto Rodríguez, Christian Ramos, Miguel Trauco; Pedro Aquino, Edison Flores, Christian Cueva; André Carrillo, Jefferson Farfán; Raúl Ruidíaz.

DT: Ricardo Gareca.

Bolivia: Carlos Lampe; Diego Bejarano, Edward Zenteno, Ronald Raldés, José Sagredo; Diego Wayar, Gabriel Valverde, Raúl Castro, Jhasmani Campos; Gilbert Álvarez, Marcelo Martins.

DT: Mauricio Soria.

Five days later the Peruvian team faced Ecuador in Quito, on date 16 of the South American Qualifiers. On Tuesday, September 5, at the Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Peru returned to win by 2 to 1, after a vibrant and intense match. The goals of Peru, in the last twenty minutes of the party, were Edison Flores; two minutes later, Hurtado, just entered the field, would culminate a counterattack to put the 2-0.

With this result, and Chile's defeat in La Paz, Peru relies on itself to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, it now has 24 points and there is a lack of play against Argentina and Colombia to close the qualifiers. At the moment it is in the fourth position.