Argentina faces Paraguay and Brazil hosts Venezuela … a fiery tour of the South American qualifiers

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The matches of the third round of South American qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will start on Thursday evening.

The South American qualifiers are always characterized by strong clubs among the participating teams, because of the strength of these teams, and the way the qualifiers are played. The 10 teams of the members of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) enter the league system and qualify for the World Cup. The teams ranked first to fourth, while The fifth-placed national team plays the final supplement to qualify.

And the official FIFA website published a report on the most prominent developments and details of this round of qualifiers, under the title “Feverish struggle at the beginning of the road.”

The most prominent confrontations in the tour came as follows:

Although the qualifiers are still in their early stages, the match between Chile and Peru in the “Pacific Clasico” will be a decisive confrontation for two teams with fewer points than expected, as the two teams enter the match with one point each.

Chile never lost at home to Peru in qualifying, with 8 wins and 2 draws in 10 matches. It has also had four consecutive wins in the last four matches.

With the return of veteran goalkeeper Claudio Bravo (after 1099 days) and Jean Bossegor, Chile’s coach Reynaldo Rueda is counting on experience to compensate for the absence of Gary Medel and Charles Aranguez, and he will finally be able to count on midfielder Eric Bulgar, who missed the first two qualifying matches due to He had COVID-19.

For his part, Ricardo Garica, coach of the Peruvian national team, will not be able to count on key players, Carlos Zambrano, Paolo Guerrero and Jefferson Farfan, and in the center of the attack, he will count on Raul Ruydiaz, who scored 12 goals in 18 matches in the Major League Soccer.

In the second match, Bolivia plays a “free score”, a decisive match to preserve its chances of qualifying against Ecuador, “3 points”, led by Gustavo Alvaro, who warned of excessive enthusiasm after defeating Uruguay in the last round.

And at the “Bombonera” stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina will try “6 points” to maintain their perfect path against Paraguay, “4 points” that have not yet suffered the bitterness of defeat in the qualifiers under the leadership of Eduardo Peritzo. After confirming the presence of Lionel Messi, the Argentine national team is seeking revenge from The “Peruja” battalion, which achieved its first qualifying victory on Argentine soil, on its last visit. In this confrontation, Anthony Silva returns to defend his country’s den.

Uruguay (3 points) and Colombia (4 points) are the other prominent match in this round, and Davinson Sanchez will be absent from the “Los Cafeteros” squad, which has not yet suffered a defeat, while David Ospina will return to goalkeeping.

On the other hand, La Celeste is counting on the return of Edinson Cavani, after stumbling in Quito and losing the services of Federico Valverde. Also this match will be played by Diego Godin and Luis Suarez, who were present alongside Oscar Tabarez in Uruguay’s only qualifying victory in Colombia (1-0 in 2008).

In conclusion, the Brazilian giant hosts “6 points” of the Venezuela team “without balance”, who need to collect points. It is true that coach Tite may reserve Neymar to be ready to face Uruguay, but that will not take away his power from the Seleção. Moreover, the statistics are very clear: out of 16 qualifying matches, the Brazilians have won 15. The only draw was on Brazilian soil.