Australia is dueling the fifth in the Asian qualifiers, and Peru, the fifth in South America, on the penultimate 31st card of the Qatar 2022 World Cup in football, on Monday at Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium in Doha, as part of an international supplement.
The winner of the two finals will join Group D teams consisting of defending champion France, Denmark and Tunisia. The final play-off will be played on Tuesday, on the same stadium equipped with air conditioning, between New Zealand, the champions of Oceania, and Costa Rica, fourth in CONCACAF (North, Central America and the Caribbean).
The winner will join Group E with Spain, Germany and Japan, in the tournament scheduled between November 21 and December 18.
Peru, ranked 22 in the world and led by Argentine coach Ricardo Gareca since 2015, hopes to reach the World Cup for the sixth time, after finishing fifth in the unified South American qualifiers. It is a candidate on paper to overtake Australia, given the experience of its players and the stage of construction experienced by “Sukruz”.
For its part, Australia, ranked 42 in the world, is seeking to reach the finals for the sixth time as well, after it beat the Emirati Al-Abyad 2-1 in Doha in the playoff to determine the fifth of the Asian continent.