One more reason to win! The Peruvian team say goodbye to the South American U20 side against Albiceleste and could do them a lot of damage.
the Peru U-20 team will have his last game against Argentina, in a match valid for the South American’s fourth Group A date, which is being held in Colombia. The led by Jaime Serna, Juan Reynoso’s assistant in the senior team, has already been eliminated after losing three games and is now leaving with the slogan of ending the tournament with at least a point. La Bicolor doesn’t fight for anything anymore, but could take revenge after 4 years.
What rematch are we talking about? In 2019, the South American U-17 game was played on Peruvian soil. La Bicolor put on a great performance in the group stage, qualifying first for the final Hexagonal after winning two games and drawing two more. Already in the knockout stage, Carlos Silvestri’s side failed to repeat what had been done previously.
In the first four games, all teams managed to get only 2 points and against Uruguay everything was at stake on the last day. A packed San Marcos stadium awaited this duel, which was intense from start to finish. Peru managed to defeat the Charrúas 3-2, adding 5 points but with a negative difference of -2. With this result, the Inca squad qualified for the World Championship in the category. Only Ecuador could knock him out if he would beat him by a three goal difference.
This seemed impossible as the Albiceleste had just won 3 games and drawn one. Besides, he didn’t get that much. Then it was very rare that the tricolor won 4-1, Argentine coach Pablo Aimar hired substitutes, and the performance of the players was very low. At the time, social media commented that Argentina “returned the favor” to the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Goal of Peru’s triumph over Uruguay
After four years, the Peruvian team could “return the favor” against the Argentines. If those led by Jaime Serna beat the Albiceleste they will eliminate them from the South American U-20, a draw would also hurt them terribly as they added two consecutive defeats.
Results of the Bicolor in the South American Sub-20
- Peru (0)-(3) Brazil
- Peru (1)-(2) Colombia
- Peru (0)-(1) Paraguay