Brazilians Gabriel Barbosa (right) and Neymar celebrate a goal in a qualifying match against Uruguay.
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Neymar, who knocked out after a failed performance in a previous duel with Colombia, and a newcomer to the Raphinha national team shone in the Brazilian jersey. Paris St. Germain Neymar opened the score in the 10th minute, eight minutes later he added Raphinha’s second goal and after working together he increased the Leeds player to 3-0 in the second half. Luis Suárez pulled a real crowd pleaser as he, after 77 minutes, wove through the guests’ entire central defense and put the 1 – 0 equalizer away.
Argentina’s victory was decided by Lautaro Martínez’s goal shortly before the break, when the Inter Milan player cleared Molin’s center with his head in the goal. The guests were able to equalize in the second half, but Yotún did not change the penalty imposed after the foul of goalkeeper Emilian Martínez.
Both leading teams are within reach of confirmation of progress to the championship in Qatar, where the first four will directly qualify from the group. Third place is held by Ecuador, which played a goalless draw with Colombia. She jumped over Uruguay in an even battle for fourth place for the score.
A high loss of 0: 4 in Bolivia took place in the Paraguay national team of Argentine coach Eduard Berizzo. The union’s leadership recalled him after Paraguay dropped to eighth in a 10-member South American group. The 51-year-old Berizzo took over the Paraguayan national team in February 2019, replacing Colombian Juan Carlos Osorio on the bench. The name of his successor will be announced by the union representatives in the near future.
In the three October duels, the Paraguayans scored only a point for a draw with Argentina, and they did not score a single goal. Paraguay loses four points to fifth place, which advances to the draw.
| World Cup 2022 Qualification – CONMEBOL South American Zone: |
| Argentina – Peru 1: 0 (1:0) |
| Branka: 43. L. Martínez |
| Chile – Venezuela 3: 0 (2:0) |
| Goals: 18th and 37th Pulgar, 73rd Brereton |
| Brazil – Uruguay 4: 1 (2:0) |
| Goals: 18th and 58th Raphinha, 10th Neymar, 83rd Barbosa – 77th Suárez. |
| Bolivia – Paraguay 4: 0 (1:0) |
| Branky: 21. Ramallo, 53. Villarroel, 84. Abrego, 90. + 4 Fernández |
| Colombia – Ecuador 0: 0. |
| Table: | |||||||
| 1. | Brazil | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26:4 | 31 |
| 2. | Argentina | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19:6 | 25 |
| 3. | Ecuador | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20:13 | 17 |
| 4. | Colombia | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16:16 | 16 |
| 5. | Uruguay | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14:17 | 16 |
| 6. | Chile | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14:14 | 13 |
| 7. | Bolivia | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17:25 | 12 |
| 8. | Paraguay | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9:17 | 12 |
| 9. | Peru | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10:19 | 11 |
| 10. | Venezuela | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8:22 | 7 |
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