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We've been here already. In 1969 and 1985 these two countries faced each other with the World Cup spot on the line, while Argentina in 2009 won the Peru to secure its place.
But the historical aspect is just one of the many intriguing subtleties around Thursday night in La Bombonera, the sarcophonic home of Boca Juniors
Qualification did not even have a plan for Argentina, which is in the fifth place with two long and often tiring South American qualifying game play.
This would put them in a two-way interplay with New Zealand in November to book their trip to Russia.
Argentina ended at 24 points with Peru, which occupies the fourth automatic qualifying point and points out its opponents this week just for less goals.
But Argentina must also look to the rearview mirror, with Chile, the ruling Copa America champions, only in the place behind them in sixth place.
He promises to be a fascinating conclusion of the qualifying campaign - Brazil is the only team that has so far succeeded and everyone from Uruguay in the second to eighth Ecuador could do so.
After meeting with Peru, Argentina must travel to Ecuador on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Peru will be home to Colombia. It seems to be going straight to the wire.
That is certainly what happened in August 1969 when Peru defended 2-2 at La Bombonera to qualify for Mexico in 1970 at Argentinian expense.
This was most definitely the finest team in Peru’s history and heralded an era in which they made it to three World Cup finals out of four.
It also remains the only occasion Argentina have failed to qualify for a World Cup and that is certainly something they have no desire to repeat now.
They gained a measure of revenge in June 1985, when another 2-2 draw, this time at River Plate’s Estadio Monumental, that carried Argentina to Mexico 1986 and consigned Peru to a play-off, which they lost to Chile.
In that game it took an 81st-minute goal by Ricardo Gareca to earn Argentina a draw.
In an extraordinary twist of fate, Gareca is now the manager of Peru, plotting to bring about the downfall of his own nation.
A certain Diego Maradona was in the home team that day and he was Argentina’s manager in 2009 when, after a tricky qualifying campaign, they beat Peru 2-1 thanks to a 92nd-minute Martin Palermo goal to make it to South Africa.
That moment has become best remembered for the hilarious celebratory belly slide performed by Maradona across the sodden Monumental turf when Palermo’s shot hit the back of the net.
So this is a fixture with a history of drama and Thursday night promises to be no different.
The choice of venue is significant and not without controversy. Argentina usually play their matches in the vast open bowl that is the Estadio Monumental, home of River Plate and with a capacity of 61,688.
However, the Argentine Football Association made the surprise decision to stage the Peru game at Boca’s Bombonera, which has a lesser capacity of 49,000.
Ostensibly, the claustrophobic environment, tighter pitch and towering stands with the passionate fans almost on top of the players should favour Argentina.
But critics have accused the FA of trying to create a scarcity factor with the fewer tickets on sale, allowing them to jack up prices and make more money off the importance of the fixture.
Another story in the build-up to Thursday’s game is the Peruvians’ decision to bring their own mineral water and soft drinks with them to Buenos Aires.
Back at the 1990 World Cup, Brazil claimed Argentina had spiked their drinks after left-back Branco was left feeling drowsy out on the field, contributing to their 1-0 defeat. Maradona apparently verified the story a few years back.
Peru don’t seem willing to take the risk of foul play and the claim has only heightened the tension around the game.
Peru may not have qualified for the World Cup since 1982, but their current FIFA World Ranking of 12th is no accident.
Having lost four of their opening six qualifiers, Gareca’s team have staged an astonishing revival to give themselves a great shot at reaching the finals and they head to Argentina having won their last three by a 2-1 scoreline.
The turning point came in game seven and almost be accident. They lost 2-0 away to Bolivia, but the home side fielded an ineligible player and Peru were later awarded a 3-0 win.
In the nine matches since then, they have won five, drawn two and lost two. Amazingly, if they win their two remaining qualifiers, Peru will rocket to at least fifth in the FIFA rankings and make them a seed for the finals draw on December 1.
So we may see the sight of Peru’s iconic red sash kits in Russia next year.
Gareca’s squad does contain a few familiar players to European audiences, notably Watford’s midfielder Andre Carrillo, though he is suspended for Thursday.
Jefferson Farfan, of Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow, is also well-known, but the stars of this campaign have been the diminutive playmaker Christian Cueva, who plays for Brazilian side Sao Paulo, and the forwards Edison Flores and Paolo Guerrero.
Captain Guerrero, who also plays in Brazil for Flamengo, has 32 goals for the national side.
The squad is largely made up of domestic-based players, with just seven of the current squad plying their trade in Europe.
That Argentina, managed by ex-Chile and Sevilla manager Jorge Sampaoli since June, have struggled through qualifying comes as a surprise given the rich attacking talent at their disposal.
His predecessor Edgardo Bauza lasted just eight months and the upheaval clearly hasn’t helped matters.
Striker Sergio Aguero will be absent following his Amsterdam car crash, but they still have Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala, Mauro Icardi and Angel Di Maria among their firepower.
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This was most definitely the finest team in Peru’s history and heralded an era in which they made it to three World Cup finals out of four.
It also remains the only occasion Argentina have failed to qualify for a World Cup and that is certainly something they have no desire to repeat now.
They gained a measure of revenge in June 1985, when another 2-2 draw, this time at River Plate’s Estadio Monumental, that carried Argentina to Mexico 1986 and consigned Peru to a play-off, which they lost to Chile.
In that game it took an 81st-minute goal by Ricardo Gareca to earn Argentina a draw.
In an extraordinary twist of fate, Gareca is now the manager of Peru, plotting to bring about the downfall of his own nation.
A certain Diego Maradona was in the home team that day and he was Argentina’s manager in 2009 when, after a tricky qualifying campaign, they beat Peru 2-1 thanks to a 92nd-minute Martin Palermo goal to make it to South Africa.
That moment has become best remembered for the hilarious celebratory belly slide performed by Maradona across the sodden Monumental turf when Palermo’s shot hit the back of the net.
So this is a fixture with a history of drama and Thursday night promises to be no different.
The choice of venue is significant and not without controversy. Argentina usually play their matches in the vast open bowl that is the Estadio Monumental, home of River Plate and with a capacity of 61,688.
However, the Argentine Football Association made the surprise decision to stage the Peru game at Boca’s Bombonera, which has a lesser capacity of 49,000.
Ostensibly, the claustrophobic environment, tighter pitch and towering stands with the passionate fans almost on top of the players should favour Argentina.
But critics have accused the FA of trying to create a scarcity factor with the fewer tickets on sale, allowing them to jack up prices and make more money off the importance of the fixture.
Another story in the build-up to Thursday’s game is the Peruvians’ decision to bring their own mineral water and soft drinks with them to Buenos Aires.
Back at the 1990 World Cup, Brazil claimed Argentina had spiked their drinks after left-back Branco was left feeling drowsy out on the field, contributing to their 1-0 defeat. Maradona apparently verified the story a few years back.
Peru don’t seem willing to take the risk of foul play and the claim has only heightened the tension around the game.
Peru may not have qualified for the World Cup since 1982, but their current FIFA World Ranking of 12th is no accident.
Having lost four of their opening six qualifiers, Gareca’s team have staged an astonishing revival to give themselves a great shot at reaching the finals and they head to Argentina having won their last three by a 2-1 scoreline.
The turning point came in game seven and almost be accident. They lost 2-0 away to Bolivia, but the home side fielded an ineligible player and Peru were later awarded a 3-0 win.
In the nine matches since then, they have won five, drawn two and lost two. Amazingly, if they win their two remaining qualifiers, Peru will rocket to at least fifth in the FIFA rankings and make them a seed for the finals draw on December 1.
So we may see the sight of Peru’s iconic red sash kits in Russia next year.
Gareca’s squad does contain a few familiar players to European audiences, notably Watford’s midfielder Andre Carrillo, though he is suspended for Thursday.
Jefferson Farfan, of Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow, is also well-known, but the stars of this campaign have been the diminutive playmaker Christian Cueva, who plays for Brazilian side Sao Paulo, and the forwards Edison Flores and Paolo Guerrero.
Captain Guerrero, who also plays in Brazil for Flamengo, has 32 goals for the national side.
The squad is largely made up of domestic-based players, with just seven of the current squad plying their trade in Europe.
That Argentina, managed by ex-Chile and Sevilla manager Jorge Sampaoli since June, have struggled through qualifying comes as a surprise given the rich attacking talent at their disposal.
His predecessor Edgardo Bauza lasted just eight months and the upheaval clearly hasn’t helped matters.
Striker Sergio Aguero will be absent following his Amsterdam car crash, but they still have Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala, Mauro Icardi and Angel Di Maria among their firepower.
But, as the history books tell us, anything can happen when these two collide ❤ ❤ 2348050417551 available for a good time ... spill TEA.... Easy on Shade #jaiyeorie
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