2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–CONMEBOL play-off)

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC–CONMEBOL play-off was a single-leg match between the winner of the AFC qualification fourth round play-off, Australia, and the fifth-placed team from CONMEBOL qualification, Peru. The match was played on 13 June 2022 at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar (one of the host cities of the World Cup). Australia won 5–4 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after extra time to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
(AFC–CONMEBOL play-off)

Event	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
Australia Peru 0 0
After extra time Australia won 5–4 on penalties
Date	13 June 2022 (2022-06-13)
Venue	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar
Referee	Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)[1]
Attendance	43,510[2]
Weather	Fair 32 °C (90 °F) 70% humidity[3]

Background

The draw for the inter-confederation play-offs fixtures was held on 26 November 2021.^[4]

The match was the second meeting between Australia and Peru.^[5] The sides previously met four years earlier in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Group C, with Peru winning 2–0 when La Blanquirroja was already eliminated.^[6] Before the match, most football commentators lauded Peru as the better team and had low expectations of Australia, which struggled in the Asian qualifiers.

Venue

City	Stadium	Al Rayyan Location of the host city of the match.
Al Rayyan (Doha Area)	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Capacity: 45,032

Match

Summary

The match ended as a scoreless draw. In the 120th minute, Australian goalkeeper Mathew Ryan was subbed off for Andrew Redmayne. During the penalty shoot-out, Redmayne gained notoriety for his dance-like movements, which he used to confuse the Peruvian players.^[7][8] This strategy succeeded, as Redmayne stopped the decisive penalty from Alex Valera diving low to his right-hand side.^[9]

Graham Arnold's decision to sub Redmayne in evoked the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarter-final match between Costa Rica and the Netherlands, when Dutch coach Louis van Gaal subbed Jasper Cillessen off for Tim Krul in the 120th minute, as Krul successfully stopped two penalties to eliminate Costa Rica.^[10][11][12] Redmayne had a reputation in Australia for being a penalty saving specialist, having saved two penalties against Perth Glory in the 2019 A-League Grand Final to secure a 4–1 shoot-out victory.^[13]

Details

13 June 2022 (2022-06-13)

21:00 UTC+3

Australia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Peru
	Report
Penalties
Boyle Mooy Goodwin Hrustic Maclaren Mabil	5–4	Lapadula Callens Advíncula Tapia Flores Valera

Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan (Qatar)

Attendance: 43,510^[14]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Australia

Peru

GK 1 Mathew Ryan (c)  120' RB 4 Nathaniel Atkinson  12'  91' CB 8 Bailey Wright CB 17 Kye Rowles LB 16 Aziz Behich  120' DM 13 Aaron Mooy RM 6 Martin Boyle CM 10 Ajdin Hrustic CM 22 Jackson Irvine LM 7 Mathew Leckie  86' CF 15 Mitchell Duke  69' Substitutes: GK 12 Andrew Redmayne  120' GK 18 Danny Vukovic DF 2 Miloš Degenek DF 3 Fran Karačić  91' DF 20 Trent Sainsbury MF 5 Denis Genreau MF 14 Riley McGree FW 9 Jamie Maclaren  86' FW 11 Awer Mabil  69' FW 19 Craig Goodwin  120' FW 21 Marco Tilio FW 23 Nicholas D'Agostino Manager: Graham Arnold

GK 1 Pedro Gallese (c) RB 17 Luis Advíncula CB 5 Carlos Zambrano CB 22 Alexander Callens LB 6 Miguel Trauco DM 13 Renato Tapia CM 8 Sergio Peña  80' CM 16 Christofer Gonzáles RW 18 André Carrillo  65' LW 10 Christian Cueva  116' CF 9 Gianluca Lapadula Substitutes: GK 12 Ángelo Campos GK 21 José Carvallo DF 2 Luis Abram DF 3 Aldo Corzo DF 4 Marcos López DF 15 Miguel Araujo MF 14 Wilder Cartagena MF 19 Horacio Calcaterra MF 20 Edison Flores  102'  65' MF 23 Pedro Aquino  80' FW 7 Alex Valera  116' FW 11 Santiago Ormeño Manager: Ricardo Gareca

Assistant referees:[1] Tomaž Klančnik (Slovenia) Andraž Kovačič (Slovenia) Fourth official: Victor Gomes (South Africa) Reserve assistant referee: Zakhele Siwela (South Africa) Video assistant referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain) Assistant video assistant referees: Jérôme Brisard (France) Jerson dos Santos (Angola)

Match rules[15] 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 1]

Notes

1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.