Argentina takes on Peru in a very important match of World Cup 2010 qualifying round on 10 October 2009 at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires – a do-or-die match for Maradona’s Argentina who faces missing the World Cup finals for the first time since 1970.
Already eliminated Peru occupies the bottom place in the standing with 10 points from 16 games. That makes Argentina the favorites, but that could make Peru more dangerous – they would love to crash Maradona’s and Argnetina’s dreams of World Cup glory. Do not forget that Peru defeated mighty Uruguay 1-0 last month, ending their eight-match losing streak. Therefore, Argentina would make a mistake, if they expect an easy match against with Peru.
Peru created many problems for Argentina in the past, even when they were playing in Argentina. Peru was instrumental behind Argentina’s failure to reach the world cup finals in 1970, the last instance of Argentina’s failure in the qualifying round, as they held Argentina to a draw in Buenos Aires in 1969, and thus, qualifying for the 1970 world cup. Then in 1986 qualifying round, Argentina came very close to face a play-off while playing against Peru, but an equalizer on the 81 minutes came as a savior for the Argentines.
Peru must get enough inspiration from their football history to make another successful challenge on Saturday against Diego Maradona’s Argentina.
Argentina faces Peru match after three consecutive defeats at the hands of Ecuador, Brazil and Paraguay. The poor run left Argentina in the fifth place with 22 points from 16 games, just a point above from sixth and seventh placed Uruguay and Venezuela respectively as well as 2 points above the eighth placed Colombia.
There is no doubt, Argentina is now under huge pressure, and so do their newly appointed coach Diego Maradona. Since he succeeded Alfio Basile as Argentina coach last November, Argentina’s performance has been poor and it is evident in their performance over the last six months during which Argentina lost four out of their five world cup qualifiers including a 6-1 thrashing at the hands of Bolivia. Maradona unhappy with the team’s progress and reports indicate that he might quit the coaching job at the end of the qualifying campaign, even if Argentina gets into the world cup finals.
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