{"id":13793,"date":"2017-11-10T22:38:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T04:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=13793"},"modified":"2017-11-10T22:44:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T04:44:37","slug":"four-reasons-behind-perus-rivival-just-in-time-for-the-2018-fifa-world-cup-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=13793","title":{"rendered":"FOUR REASONS BEHIND PERU’S RIVIVAL, JUST IN TIME FOR THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Peru are two games away from making their first FIFA World Cup\u2122 appearance since Spain 1982.<\/strong><\/p>\n

PICTURED TO THE LEFT:\u00a0Peru’s football team at the <\/span>1936 Olympic Games<\/a> in Germany!!!!!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Standing between them and a place at Russia 2018 are New Zealand, with the two sides set to contest the first leg of their intercontinental play-off on Saturday. In looking ahead to the tie, FIFA.com picks out four key aspects that allowed the Peruvians to revive what looked set to be another failed qualification campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After a dramatic night in South America, the first confirmed intercontinental play-off sees<\/strong> <\/span>\"\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddff\"New Zealand face <\/span>\"\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddea\"Peru!<\/span>#<\/span>WCQ<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1. All hail coach Gareca
\n<\/strong>Argentinian coach Ricardo Gareca is regarded by all his players as the man responsible for Peru\u2019s resurgence. \u201cHe\u2019s not so much a coach as a friend,\u201d Yosimar Yotun told FIFA.com<\/strong>ahead of the final two matches in the South American qualifiers. \u201cHe\u2019s coached in Peru before and he knows how good our players are. It didn\u2019t take him long to get us believing again, both on an individual and a team level. He restored our confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n