Flustered by the antics of Australia goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne in June's playoff decider to reach the World Cup finals, Peru were beaten on penalties; missing out on a return to this winter's global gathering of football nations.

Ricardo Gareca, who helped La Blanquirroja end their 36-year finals drought in 2018, had overseen only one defeat from his side's final six qualifiers to steer them into fifth place - eliminating the more-fancied Colombia and Chile in the process.

After losing the playoff in such heartbreaking fashion, though, Gareca resigned and was replaced by former Cruz Azul coach Juan Reynoso, who took up his position in August.



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在6月的决赛决胜战中，澳大利亚门将安德鲁·雷德梅尼(Andrew Redmayne)的滑稽动作使秘鲁慌乱失措，最终在点球大战中被击败;错过了今年冬季全球足球国家的聚会。

里卡多·加雷卡在2018年帮助蓝衣军团结束了36年无缘决赛的局面，他带领球队在预选赛的最后6场比赛中只输了一场，带领球队进入第五名，淘汰了更有希望的哥伦比亚和智利。

然而，在以如此令人心碎的方式输掉季后赛后，加雷卡辞职了，由前克鲁兹蓝苏尔教练胡安·雷诺索接替，雷诺索于8月上任。