Argentina, again with captain Lionel Messi at the helm, extended its perfect campaign in the World Cup qualifiers this Tuesday: 12 out of 12, while Brazil plummeted to third place on the fourth round and lost Neymar to injury while Uruguay He took the second step with 7 points.
With that income, but a lower goal balance, follow Brazil and now Venezuela, which dealt a hard blow to Chile on an unforgettable afternoon for the creative Yeferson Soteldo, scorer of one goal and participant in the other two. This is how Chile was once again face to face with its ghosts, Peru also deals with its own as bottom and Bolivia as last in line.
Colombia added its third draw after a victory in its debut by signing a draw with Ecuador in Quito and Paraguay smiled again. Messi and the Uruguayan Nicolás de la Cruz lead the scoring classification with 3.
Lionel Messi sealed the fourth victory for Argentina in the qualifiers with a double, which is already looking in the rearview mirror with a five-point advantage over its three main pursuers. The result plummeted Peru to penultimate place and left the Albiceleste captain as the top scorer in the history of the qualifiers with 31.
The first from Argentina, undefeated leader with 12 points out of a possible 12, resulted from a backward pass by Nicolás González, and the second, almost a carbon copy, only changed partners: Enzo Fernández assisted. The ten scored another, but the VAR annulled it.
Peru, with one point, plummeted to ninth place. It barely surpasses Bolivia, which has nothing in its saddle. Argentina will host Uruguay on November 16 and Peru will visit Bolivia.
Rough game, without facilities or spaces for the rival. But a blink from the Brazilian defense was enough in the 42nd minute, and Darwin Núñez, the heir to the absent Luis Suárez, headed in a cross from the left by Maxi Araujo. As if the outlook was not already looking dark for the Canarinha, three minutes later Neymar, crying, left the Centenario stadium field on a stretcher due to an injury to his left knee suffered in a fortuitous play.
Already in the second half, Núñez scrambled on a tile with Casemiro and Gabriel Magalhaes, and sent a cross to Nicolás de la Cruz to put the finishing touch in the 76th minute. Brazil did not lose eight years ago in the qualifying rounds. Although with a better scoring balance, Marcelo Bielsa's pupils reached the same 7 points as Brazil, which at the beginning of the third round was the leader with an ideal score and ended up giving up a draw at home to Venezuela.
With this solid victory, the Celeste had another moment to celebrate, since Brazil had defeated them in the last three qualifying matches agreed in Montevideo.
Salomón Rondón will not forget this Tuesday's match against Chile, nor will Venezuela forget the high grade it gave in the qualifying rounds. The captain scored the second goal of the game, the 41st with Vinotinto, confirming him as the top scorer on the day he played his hundredth game. The burly number 23 was the protagonist with the creative Yeferson, Soteldo and Darwin Machís in the 3-0 win.
Venezuela marches with 7 points, the same as Uruguay and Brazil, in fourth place in the qualifying rounds. La Roja is now stuck with 4 in the eighth place, and its coach, the Argentine Eduardo Berizzo, is once again feeling the pressure of a country in which many fans have called for his head. On the next date, which will be held on November 16, Venezuela will host Ecuador and Chile will be home against Paraguay.
The Ecuadorian team did not find answers to overcome Colombia, which does not lose, but does not win either. Los Cafeteros were able to take the three points from the 2,850 meter altitude of Quito, but Liverpool striker Luis Díaz wasted a penalty. And minutes later the VAR denied them another.
Ecuador, which humiliated Colombia in the World Cup qualifiers in Qatar with a 6-1 victory, today met again with a rival that initially seemed uneasy with those ghosts of the past. Colombia finished the date in fifth place with 6 points and Ecuador in sixth with 4. On the fifth date Colombia will host Brazil and Ecuador will visit Venezuela.
Four days later, Antonio 'Tony' Sanabria gave the best news that Paraguay has had in the South American qualifiers for the 2030 World Cup. La Albirroja, who had not scored in their three previous appearances, today scored two, which were not approved by the VAR . The first victory for Albirroja, which now has 4 points out of a possible 12, also suggests that the arrival of Argentine Daniel Garnero can offer a better tomorrow.
Now the Bolivian team, again on the canvas, as in the three previous presentations, will have to define if the project of Argentine coach Gustavo Costas comes to an end, or there are reasons to extend the credit. Garnero's men will face Chile and Colombia in November. And the Green will see them with Peru and Uruguay.
