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Peruvian shamans perform a ritual to send spiritual strength to the national team ahead of their World Cup play-off match against New Zealand

Peruvian shamans performed a ritual ahead of their national team's World Cup play-off decider against New Zealand.

Peru host New Zealand in the second leg of their World Cup play-off on in the early hours of Thursday (2.15am GMT) after a 0-0 stalemate on Saturday where a place in next year's World Cup is up for grabs.

In an attempt to help their national team reach Russia next year, the shamans performed a ritual outside Lima's National stadium to send spiritual strength to the squad.

Paolo Guerrero will miss Peru's World Cup qualifying play-off against New Zealand
Image: Paolo Guerrero will miss Peru's World Cup qualifying play-off against New Zealand

Blowing into a "pututu", an Andean wind instrument, the men sang and danced as they focused their attention on photographs of players.

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