Sports Mole previews Saturday’s World Cup Qualifying – South America clash between Peru and Uruguay, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
Winless Peru welcome an impressive Uruguay side to Lima in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying on Friday night.
The hosts are rooted to the bottom of the standings as we approach the midway point, while Uruguay will feel confident of reaching a fifth straight World Cup, having already beaten both Argentina and Brazil.
Match preview
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As is so often the case, Marcelo Bielsa is having a huge impact in his current venture, and thankfully for Uruguay, it has been a positive one so far.
Despite losing to 10-man Colombia in the Copa America semi-finals, Bielsa is set to lead La Celeste to yet another World Cup, with the dreaded memories of missing out in 2006 are now long in the past.
However, as is also often the case with Bielsa, controversy follows, and the bombshell quotes from Luis Suarez over the past week have stirred up…
