The South American World Cup Qualifiers are always fierce, with each team playing each other twice in a home-and-away round-robin format. There aren't any weak teams in the group of 10, so every game is absolutely massive. The next fixture sees Peru take on Chile. Both sides have really struggled so far, with Chile a point behind Peru in last place. Still, there is plenty of time to turn things around.
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The bottom two nations in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying meet in the Clasico del Pacifico on Friday night, with Peru hosting Chile. Combining the points tally of both sides would still not be enough to move them even into the playoff place, illustrating the dismal campaigns both have had so far.
Peru became the final team left to record a win in South American qualifying last month, when they got the better of Uruguay by one goal to nil to register three points at the ninth time of asking.
That was the Blanquirroja's first competitive win since the qualifying phase for the 2022 World Cup almost three years ago, and saw them move off the foot of the standings, above their rivals and upcoming opponents.
The high was only temporary though, because Jorge Fossati's side were thumped 4-0 in Brazil just a few days later, leaving them six points adrift of the playoff place with time running out to make a late surge.
Drawing yet another blank shows where Peru's troubles lie, not scoring enough, and not having the defensive strength to bail themselves out, as they have netted only three goals in their 10 qualifiers so far.
For a team that reached the 2018 World Cup and the final of the 2019 Copa America, the rapid falloff is scarcely believable, and that appearance in Russia six years ago looks likely to remain their only successful qualification in 11 attempts.
In familiar surroundings, Fossati's men are much stronger though, considering they have only lost twice in their last 11 World Cup qualifiers on home soil, as Colombia also failed to win here in September.
Three points will be the order of the day though, because Chile had another disastrous week last month, extending their losing run to five matches in qualifying.
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The bottom two nations in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying meet in the Clasico del Pacifico on Friday night, with Peru hosting Chile. Combining the points tally of both sides would still not be enough to move them even into the playoff place, illustrating the dismal campaigns both have had so far.
Peru became the final team left to record a win in South American qualifying last month, when they got the better of Uruguay by one goal to nil to register three points at the ninth time of asking.
That was the Blanquirroja's first competitive win since the qualifying phase for the 2022 World Cup almost three years ago, and saw them move off the foot of the standings, above their rivals and upcoming opponents.
The high was only temporary though, because Jorge Fossati's side were thumped 4-0 in Brazil just a few days later, leaving them six points adrift of the playoff place with time running out to make a late surge.
Drawing yet another blank shows where Peru's troubles lie, not scoring enough, and not having the defensive strength to bail themselves out, as they have netted only three goals in their 10 qualifiers so far.
For a team that reached the 2018 World Cup and the final of the 2019 Copa America, the rapid falloff is scarcely believable, and that appearance in Russia six years ago looks likely to remain their only successful qualification in 11 attempts.
In familiar surroundings, Fossati's men are much stronger though, considering they have only lost twice in their last 11 World Cup qualifiers on home soil, as Colombia also failed to win here in September.
Three points will be the order of the day though, because Chile had another disastrous week last month, extending their losing run to five matches in qualifying.