Leader and 100% in the competition so far, Brazilian team seeks eighth victory
After the confusion that occurred at the beginning of the match between Brazil and Argentina, a Brazilian team returns to a field this Thursday (9), to face Peru for the tenth round of the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers. 9:30 pm (Brasilia time), at Arena Pernambuco, in Recife.
The duels between the teams have been commonplace in recent times. It will be the eighth title match in charge of the Seleção, since 2016, and the fourth within a year. During this period, Brazil had a large advantage, winning all the official games and losing only one friendly, played in the United States, in 2019.
For the match later on, Tite confirmed that he will keep it while going to the field against Argentina. With that we will have: Lucas Veríssimo in place of Marquinhos (suspended by the third yellow card), Gerson in the place of Bruno Guimarães and Everton Ribeiro in place of Vinícius Júnior. This will be an eighth different lineup used in eight Playoff games
Without being able to count on one of the main players, striker Paolo Guerrero, who is suspended, Peru bet on Lapadula with chips. Also known as “Lapagol”, he is the son of an Italian father and has defended Azzurra.
Ricardo Gareca is also without Sergio Peña, who was injured in the game against Uruguay and also did not play against Venezuela at the weekend. An old acquaintance of Brazilians, midfielder Cueva, ex-São Paulo and Santos, is one of Peru’s hopes. It was his winning goal in the last round.
Brazil leads the competition with 100% success after seven games. Peru, on the other hand, is trying to recover after a bad start in the Qualifiers and is coming from a draw with Uruguay and victory over Venezuela, both at home. With eight points in eight rounds, a team led by Ricardo Gareca occupied seventh place in the table.
