Peru, a small country in Latin America, will not be seen in the upcoming Football World Cup. Paolo Guerrero’s dream was shattered when he lost to Australia in the Inter-Confederations play-off of the World Cup. Peru lost 4-5 against Australia in Sudden Death.

Peru and Australia faced off in a World Cup qualifier on Monday at the Al Rayyan Stadium in Qatar. Peru was ahead from the start in the must win match. Peru dominated the whole match. However, in the allotted 90 minutes, the result was 0-0.The 22nd ranked team in the FIFA rankings could not finish the match on time due to the failure of the attack. The losers are the 42nd-ranked Sucrose in FIFA.
Peru controlled 53 percent of the ball throughout the match. Gianluca Lapadula of Peru got the easiest chance of the match.But he failed to take advantage of that opportunity. If this opportunity had been used early in the first half, the result of the game would have come out within 90 minutes. This Latin American team did not have to return empty handed.

The match ended 0-0 in extra time as the result of the game was 0-0. There was no change in the score line. The result of the tiebreaker was 4-4. Martin Boyle of Australia made the first shot in the hands of the Peruvian goalkeeper. For Peru, full-back Luis Advincula hit the ball from the spot.

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The match ended in a sudden death as the tiebreaker ended 4-4. Hour Mabil scored for Australia in the sudden death but the Australian goalkeeper saved the shot of Alex Valera of Peru in the mast scoring position. After losing to Peru, Australia confirmed their ticket to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. With this, Australia qualified for the FIFA World Cup five times in a row. It is to be noted that in the 2018 FIFA World Cup held in Russia, Peru lost to Australia 2-0 in the group stage match.