2024-09-11 07:27:34
Should we be worried about Brazil’s participation in the upcoming World Cup? With just one day left in the first games, the Brazilians have lost half of their games in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. in eight matches on Tuesday, beaten 1-0 by Paraguay in Asuncion.
The Seleção could not follow up after their 1-0 victory on Friday against Ecuador and suffered their first setback in this competition under the leadership of Dorival Junior, who was appointed in January to replace Fernando Diniz.
The first three losses were against tough opponents, Uruguay (0-2), Colombia (1-2) and Argentina (0-1). But in Asuncion, Brazil were defeated by a team that scored just one goal in the first seven days. However, the Paraguayans had a boost of confidence on Friday, hanging with Uruguay (0-0) in Montevideo.
The first non-qualifiers are only one point behind in the society
Despite the presence of his three Real Madrid in attack (Vinicius, Rodrigo and Endrick), Brazil appeared without genius and without solutions. Vinicius and Rodrygo were unable to make a difference, as was Endrick, who was weaned off the balls and left at half time. After poor control by Brazil at the start of the game, Paraguay opened the scoring with a great strike from the outside of the right foot from Diego Gomez, 21, Lionel Messi’s teammate at Inter Miami.
Brazil, which has received its ticket to Qatar in 2022 without a minor defeat, is fifth in the rankings of the South American qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup with 10 points, and let the opponent of the evening return only one final, in Place seventh (9pts). Thanks to the new format of the World Cup, which has increased to 48 teams and which will directly qualify 6 South American countries (with the 7th power in the playoffs) against only four previously, the Seleção is qualified as has stopped, but is in danger. Behind, Venezuela (6th) is tied, and Paraguay (7th) and Bolivia (8th) are only one point away.
In front, on the contrary, Argentina (1st, 18 pts), Colombia (2nd, 16 pts) and Uruguay (3rd, 15 pts) do not seem to experience the crisis. It is a face that is not used to see in the Brazilian team, light years from its normal image but in a way faithful to the latest results in international competitions, with two eliminations in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup and 2024 Copa America .
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