Won 0 out of 6 matches in the world preliminaries, and ranked 35th in the world!The 71-year-old marshal took office and fought against Lippi
South American football has always been strong, and Peru, ranked 35th, has an impressive record of zero defeats in six games in the group stage. There was once a card that played Chinese football to the bottom of the 71-year-old coach, but now everyone knows it.
The overall decline in strength has been a downward trend, even if Argentina has won the World Cup and shook South American football, Brazil has not participated in the World Cup for many years, and Uruguay and Colombia have only begun to rebuild their teams after losing their younger generation. Peru is one of South America's largest soccer powers, but its overall level is also declining.
In the 1970s, Peru was one of the most powerful countries in the world, after Brazil and Argentina. They have reached the World Cup finals five times and won two Copa Americas. However, Peru was excluded from South America due to the departure of Guerrero and Pizarro.
Colombia has Luis Díaz, Uruguay has hopefuls like Nunez and Valverde, but Peru has not yet grown. In the most recent South American World Cup qualifiers, Peru had only two draws and four defeats in six rounds, so they were very low in the table.
At this critical time, the Peruvian Football Federation has officially appointed the 71-year-old Uruguayan coach Fossati as the representative, leading his team to 12 countries in South America, and hopes to achieve his dream at the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Although Fossati is not well-known in Asian football, he is famous in South America. The Uruguayan has never been to Europe, but he has already won 18 Premier League trophies in seven different locations in South America.
Fossati was the head coach of Qatar from 2016 to 2017. At that time, he played a 0-0 match with the Chinese national team led by Lippi, which was a very good moment. However, because of his poor form, his substitute Felix Sanchez was replaced, which also laid the foundation for Qatar's revival.