Peru v Denmark, 16 June 2018

Kick-off: 7.00pm local Peru v Denmark was Match 6 of the FIFA World Cup 2018 Refereeing team: Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia) Assistant Referee 1: Jean Birumushahu (Burundi) Assistant Referee 2: Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria) Fourth Official: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria) Reserve AR: Anouar Hmila (Tunisia) VAR: Felix Zwayer (Germany) This was Peru's first appearance at the World Cup finals since 1982; the biggest gap (36 years) between participations for any of the 32 nations at this tournament. More than 40,000 Peruvians travelled to Russia to support their team. Peru were given the chance to take the lead after being awarded a penalty on a VAR decision at the end of the first-half but Cristian Cueva's shot went over the bar. Denmark had now won four of their five opening games at World Cup finals. They lost against Netherlands in 2010.