Monday, June 13, was declared a national holiday for Peruvian officials watching the national team play Australia in the 2022 World Cup play-offs, the government announced on Friday. «It was decided that Monday will be a holiday for the public sector. This will allow the population to see the national football team qualify for the World Cup“, – the Minister of Culture Alejandro Salas stated to the journalists.
«This is an event of nationalism և national identity that the private sector can joinHe added after the sitting of the Council of Ministers, where the measure was approved, at the same time putting forward:We know that the ticket to the World Cup in Peru will reactivate the economy«.
Peru will meet Australia on Monday at 18:00 (13:00 GMT in Lima) at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, west of Doha, Qatar, where the World Cup will take place at the end of the year. The winner of this intercontinental barrier will be in Group D of the tournament with France, Denmark and Tunisia. Peru dreams of participating in the World Cup for the second time in a row, which it found in Russia in 2018 after a 36-year absence.
Source: Le Figaro