The Albiceleste have a huge advantage in head-to-head matches against the Inca team, who last defeated them in 1997.
Argentina And Peru They have a long tradition of confrontations. Since the first meeting in 1927, the two teams have faced each other in all kinds of competitions: qualifying tournaments, America’s Cups, friendlies and even the World Cup.
Throughout history, the Albiceleste have built a clear fatherhood over the Inca team, to the point that, after the 1-0 victory in the 12th round of the qualifiers towards Qatar 2022, Argentina’s undefeated streak in hand, it 15 matches reached: the last The Peruvian victory dates back to 24 years ago, when they won the Copa América in Bolivia 2-1 in Sucre on June 21, 1997.
However, it was Peru that handed Argentina one of the most painful results in its history when they drew 2-2 at La Bombonera on August 31, 1969, preventing them from qualifying for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. Another 2-2 draw in Buenos Aires allowed the Albiceleste to almost reach Mexico 1986 through the window this time, where they would later become champions.
Than in Goal The distribution per competition:
ELIMINATORIES
Argentina and Peru first met in the Mexico 1970 qualifiers and then crossed paths again in Mexico 1986 and the United States 1994, before the current round-robin system was installed in the France 1998 qualifiers.
At home, the Albiceleste never lost to the Bicolor in qualifying matches for the World Cup: after the 1-0 on October 14, 2021, they have seven wins and three draws. Meanwhile, in the matches played in Lima, the Inca team achieved the only two victories, against four draws and four defeats.
AMERICA CUP
In the continental competition, the first match between the two countries in history took place, on November 27, 1927 (Argentine victory 5-1), and since then it has been the competition where they met most often, with 17 matches.
The last meeting between the two took place in the quarter-finals of Venezuela 2007 and were defeated 4-0 by the Albiceleste they captained.
WORLD CUP
Both teams met just once in football’s biggest event and the match resulted in one of the most controversial matches in the competition’s history. On June 21, 1978, for the third and final date of Group B of the second stage of the World Cup, hosted by Argentina living under a genocidal dictatorship, the team led by César Menotti had to win by four goals to qualify. to the final: in a match surrounded by conjecture, the Albiceleste won 6-0 and reached the decisive match.
OTHER COMPETITIONS
In addition to the matches in traditional tournaments, Argentina and Peru also faced each other in the Pan American Cup, an official tournament that was only played in 1952, 1956 and 1960 between the CONMEBOL teams and the two confederations that would later become CONCACAF. (NAFC) and CCCF).
The Albiceleste and the Bicolor met in the second edition of the tournament, played in Mexico: on February 26, 1956, on the first date of the tournament, they drew 0-0 at the UNAM Stadium.
FRIENDLY
Although the vast majority of matches they have played throughout history have been for points, Argentina and Peru also have friendlies to their names, many of which challenge various unofficial cups (three were for the Roque Cup Sáenz Peña, six for the Ramón Castilla Cup and one for the Municipality of Córdoba Cup). The special thing is that Peru did not win any of the fourteen matches.
The last time they met in a match outside the official competitions was on June 20, 2004 in New Jersey and the Albiceleste won 2-1 with goals from Javier Saviola and Cristian González for the winner and Nolberto Solano for the Inca team.
GENERAL HISTORY
If all the matches played between the two teams in history are added up, Argentina has a huge lead of 29 matches over Peru, who have never been able to win a match as visitors (three of the five wins were in Lima and the remaining two were in Bolivia).
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