:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/VLWETXIJLNE3DHPSB6ESEOLFTE.png "The Peru team will debut again with Paraguay in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup 1")
There Peruvian team already has a start date and a rival in the South American qualifications on the way to the 2026 World Cup. Today conmebol released the competition schedule through its official channels and it was revealed that the ‘bicolor’ will play with Paraguay in his first game, which is scheduled for September this year.
The schedule for the World Cup qualifiers, which will take place in Mexico, Canada and the United States and which will have a new format with 48 national caps and the Round of 16, will be the same on the road to Qatar 2022.
In other words, Peru will debut again with Paraguay. The technique Juan Reynoso He will have another six months to work out the details, with FIFA friendlies in March and, likely, June, before traveling to Asunción to face the ‘albirroja’.
It will be the second time in a row that the two teams will meet in the first meeting. This happened during the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers when the ‘red and white’ lHe managed to save a point at the Defensores del Chaco stadium after drawing 2-2 with a brace from Andre Carrillo.
Juan Reynoso already knows what it’s like to face Paraguay as the Peru team’s coach, having done so in his last friendlies. He ‘On your mind’ they won by the slightest difference on November 16 last year with a goal from Alex Valera at minute 49 at the Monumental stadium.
There ‘albirroja’ He did not perform well in the last qualifiers, so much so that halfway through the tournament, he changed coach. Eduardo Berizzo quit his job and Guillermo Barros Schelotto He was hired. He ‘Double’ he could not reverse the situation and finished eighth in the table eight points out of the playoffs.
After completing the qualifiers, Paraguay have faced seven friendlies and have only won two against the United Arab Emirates and Mexico. Then they drew with Morocco and South Korea and lost with Peru, Colombia and Japan. Now, due to the FIFA double date, he will have one more warm-up game. Its rival will be Chile and it will be played on March 27 at the Monumental de Santiago.
GIVEN: The Schilotto era in Paraguay played 13 games, three wins, three draws and seven losses. It is 23% efficient.
Those led by Juan Reynoso, for their part, will come up against Germany there Morocco. They will first play the Europeans on Saturday March 25 in Mainz and then they will face the Africans on Tuesday March 28 in Madrid. ANDthe ‘Cabezon’ He published a list for the microcycle, which will take place from March 14 to 18, and he will announce the official list for the tour of the old continent on Saturday.
Yesterday was a day full of news for football lovers, because Fifa pronounced on the new format of the Club World Cup 2025 and the World Cup 2026. The latter will increase from 32 participating teams to 48. In turn, not only two teams will emerge from the group stage, but also the eight best teams ranked third.
Due to the increase in the number of competitors, it was decided to increase the quotas in the various confederations. For example, Conmebol will leave behind the four and a half places and get six and a half. This is a factor in favor of the Peruvian team, which finished fifth in the last qualifications.