Peru rebuilt by the man who destroyed them 32 years ago


Soccer Football - Peru v New Zealand - 2018 World Cup Qualifying Playoffs- National Stadium, Lima, Peru - November 15, 2017. Peru's coach Ricardo Gareca looks on. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

(Reuters) - Thirty-two years ago, Argentina's Ricardo Gareca scored a goal that cruelly denied Peru a place at the 1986 World Cup.

Back then Peru, leading 2-1 in Buenos Aires, were nine minutes from the win they needed to qualify when Gareca scrambled a late equaliser for the hosts.

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