Ahead of Tuesday, the reason why Argentina causes so much fear in Peru

Clearly, there is a minimum difference of three or more goals in the match that Argentina and Peru will face next Tuesday in Lima, from 23:00 hours, in favor of the current and three-time world champion. The Albiceleste National Team lost one of its last 49 matches played, including official and friendly matches, which was a 2-1 defeat against Saudi Arabia at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

Furthermore, of the last 20 matches coached by Lionel Scaloni in South American qualifiers, he did not lose any of them: he won 14 and drew the remaining six. In fact, with the three victories, they are the only team leading the tournament with nine points out of the same number of possible points and, with mixed midfielder Alexis Mac Allister on the field or coming in from the bench, the South American team has never been defeated.

On the other hand, in Thursday's match against Paraguay at the Monumental Stadium, the big-size goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez surpassed the historical record of his colleague and former footballer Germán Adrián Burgos as the goalkeeper with the most minutes without conceding a goal in the history of the national team with more than 608. The record had been in force since 1998 and was broken 25 years later in the 32nd minute of the second half of the aforementioned match.

The statistic that scares the bicolor team and the entire Peruvian people

According to the newspaper Olé, the team defending the world title finished the first three rounds of the World Cup qualification without conceding goals for the first time since 2007. At this start, the results were 1-0 against Ecuador, 3-0 against Bolivia and 1-0 against 0 to Paraguay, while with Alfio Basile as coach on the substitute bench, his team marched with 2-0 victories against Chile, 3-0 against Venezuela and 3-0 against Bolivia, respectively. Just like 16 years ago, two of the three games were at home on River Plate's field and the remaining one was away.