Brazil hit more than one bird with one stone when it overtook Uruguay (2-0) in the fourth stage of the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
And Arthur, the Italian Juventus star, opened the scoring for the guests with a deceptive shot from outside the penalty area, following a pass from Gabriel Jesus (34).
Richarlison added the insurance goal in favor of Brazil with the last moments of the first half (45).
The Uruguayan national team, which Luis Suarez missed after contracting the Corona virus, could not keep pace with his strong rival, who seemed more able to overcome the influential absences in its ranks, especially Neymar da Silva, the star of Paris Saint-Germain.
Video technology played an influential role in the match, by causing Cavani (71) to be dismissed for roughness, and then canceling a goal scored by Caceres for offside (75).
Brazil raised its score to 12 points at the top after its fourth successive victory, while Uruguay’s balance stopped at six points.
Bolivia snatched its first point.
Bolivia scored its first point in the qualifiers, after drawing 2-2 to host Paraguay.
Romero opened the scoring for Paraguay with a penalty kick (19), before Bolivia rose up in the last five minutes of the game and scored a double thanks to Martins and Caspides (41 and 45).
Romero managed to equalize in favor of his country nearly three hours before the end (72), bringing Paraguay’s balance to six points.
} Argentina reclaims the title.
Argentina regained second place by narrowly winning 2-0 to Peru.
It took the tango team less than a third of an hour to start the journey back to the winning streak after tying in the last stage with Paraguay, and this is when Gonzalez gave him the first goal (17).
Lautaro Martinez’s fingerprint on the second goal, taking advantage of a distinct through pass sent by the Paris Saint-Germain Parades star (28), to keep the Argentine national team ahead with a double until the end of the first half.
And Lionel Messi’s teammates played in great balance in the second half away from the risks and their captain, the Barcelona star, could have strengthened the result on more than one occasion had it not been for his luck stubbornness and close censorship at other times.
The Argentine national team raised its score to 10 points in second place, two points behind leaders Brazil and one point behind third Ecuador, while the Peruvian national team froze at the only point it scored from a draw with Paraguay in the first stage.
Argentina maintained their unbeaten balance in the current qualifiers, after three wins and a tie with Brazil (four wins) and Paraguay (one victory and three draws).
The top four will qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, while the fifth-placed team will have to play the play-offs.
Ecuador is hardening Colombia.
And Ecuador hit hard when they defeated Colombia by a broad score (6-1) to make the last position in the first four stages of the qualifiers.
Ecuador ended things early with a double in the first 10 minutes thanks to Arboleda and Mina (7 and 9).
Estrada added the third goal before Ariaga made a fingerprint on the fourth goal (32 and 39), to force Colombia’s coach Queiroz to make four substitutions five minutes before the end of the first half.
Everton star James Rodriguez gave Colombia a little hope before entering the locker room by narrowing the difference with a 45 + 1 penalty.
Colombia’s performance improved slightly in the second half, but that did not prevent Ecuador from adding the fifth thanks to substitute Plata (78), who was sent off after receiving the second yellow warning after he took off his shirt to celebrate the goal, and then came the sixth with the last moments and bore the signature of Estopinan 90 + 1.
The owners of the land rose to nine points after their third victory in a row, three points behind the leaders Brazil, who overtook Uruguay and one point behind runner-up Argentina after defeating Peru, while Colombia stopped at the fourth point.
Venezuela surprises Chile.
Venezuela won its first qualifying victory after three defeats, by 2-1 at home to Chile.
De Pino opened the scoring for Venezuela (9) before Vidal equalized (15).
Rondon gave Venezuela the winning goal late (81) to raise his country’s balance to three points, while Chile’s balance was frozen at four points.
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