Peru are the first team to dominate a friendly against New Zealand and score the first goal. This was proven after Yoshimir Yoden’s shot threatened the match team’s goal.
In 24 minutes, Christian Cueva’s corner kick passed. However, the Sporting Crystal midfielder, who was outside the area, saved the ball from his chest and hit a Colin crossbar which was defended by Oliver Sail.
Later, Carlos Zambrano crossed over using a rebound, but Andre Carrillo’s header went wide. Fans of ‘Blanquirroja’ at the RCDE Stadium were saddened to be touched by the head as they were close to screaming 1-0, especially due to the shot scored by the famous ‘Yoshi’.
Peru vs. New Zealand: Preview of the match
‘Blankviroza’ and ‘All Whites’ meet again after playing in the playoffs on their way to Russia in 2018. Bicolor returned to the World Cup after 36 years with a 2-0 overall victory. In this case, both teams are trying to qualify for Qatar 2022 through the new version of the Intercontinental Playoffs.
Ricardo Carreca’s men will only face one rival on June 7 after the match between Australia and the United Arab Emirates. Meanwhile, the Peruvian team is training in Barcelona with 28 players. In the match against the ‘Kiwis’ team, ‘Tigre’ relied on the basis of the team that completed the qualifying rounds in South America with the likes of Gianluca Lapadula or Christian Quio.
On their side, New Zealand wants to go to Qatar in 2022 when they face Costa Rica on Tuesday, June 14th. “We want to test ourselves in a complex environment and a little heat in the game can help us. We know Peruvian fans are going to come to support their team, so it could be an environment like this.”Coach Danny Hay said the previous day.
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