venezuela 2-2 peru

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The Peruvian team drew 2-2 against Venezuela on Yesterday, after finishing the first half 2-0 down the scoreboard. The point knows little for the whites that needed to win in Maturín by the date 13 of the Russian 2018 Qualifying.

After going 2-0 down to the end of the first stage, those led by the Argentine Ricardo Gareca lifted head in the complementary time and equalized the actions to reach the eighth position with 15 units, just five points from the playoffs.

Venezuela, already eliminated from the standings, went to the field of the Estadual Monumental de Maturín ready to wash their face after being in the basement of the table after the last date of the qualifiers, in November 2016.

As the minutes advanced and the rain was dissipated, those led by Rafael Dudamel seized the ball and created the clearest chances of goal.

In the 25th minute, after a free kick by Rómulo Otero that crashed in the horizontal of the Peruvian goal, Mikel Villanueva scored headfirst.

From there, Peru, desperate to look for the match, began to leave spaces in the rear that were used by the Venezuelan midfielders.

After a couple of unsuccessful attempts from Peru, Atletico Mineiro midfielder Otero momentarily buried the illusions of the visit with a superb free kick from more than 25 meters that stuck in the right corner of Pedro Gallese.

Aware that the defeat distanced him from his pretensions to return to a World Cup after 36 years, Peru came out emboldened in the second half and in 30 seconds André Carrillo discounted after a good collective play.

In search of the tie, Peruvian oncena advanced their lines, but left space for Salomón Rondón who, despite being the most active in the vanguard "vinotinto", could not score.

At 63 minutes and after a corner, Guerrero, the historic scorer of the Peruvian team, put the tie with a big head butt.

On Tuesday, for the fourteenth day, Peru will host Uruguay in Lima and Venezuela will visit Chile in Santiago.

Thus aligned:

Venezuela: Fariñez; González, Ángel, Villanueva, Feltscher; Rincón, Guerra, Murillo, Otero; Martinez and Rondón.

Peru: Gallese; Corzo, Ramos, Rodríguez, Trauco; Tapia, Yotún, Carrillo, Flores, Cueva and Guerrero.