While in Europe the identity of a number of World Cup immigrants has already become clear, in South America the business is getting more complicated. The only ones that guaranteed promotion were Brazil and Argentina, who split tonight (Tuesday-Wednesday) in a goalless draw, but in places 3 and 4 there is a battle between almost all the other teams, with four games left each. Uruguay got into serious trouble following a 3-0 loss in Bolivia, Chile also suffered a 2-0 home draw from Ecuador which was based in third place and took a huge step towards the World Cup and in 0-0 Colombia and Paraguay also parted ways.
Bolivia – Uruguay 0: 3
The Celeste continue their collapse and have already counted four consecutive losses. The guest arrived with a poor record in the away game in La Paz, and again suffered a loss in the Bolivian capital. Juan Arsa and Marcelo Moreno scored for the hosts in the first half. Moreno also missed Pendel in the 60th minute, the host remaining with ten players after Carmelo Algranas saw a direct red, but that still did not stop Marça from completing a double and Bolivia a third victory in its last four games, bringing it even closer to the World Cup promotion.
Venezuela – Peru 2: 1
The guest is still dreaming of a second consecutive appearance in the World Cup and in light of Uruguay’s defeat in Bolivia and the away win it achieved, managed to sneak to the top of the table, and is already in fourth place. Venezuela knew in advance that their chances of rising were slim, but wanted to at least achieve their first win over Peru since 2015, but succumbed to goals from Gianluca to Padula (18) and Christian Cueva (65) when in the midst of Darwin Machis equalized temporarily for the host, but no more.
Colombia – Paraguay 0: 0
Both teams stand on a streak of five games without a win, but the “Los Captros” are in better shape. After 14 games, Colombia is in fourth place with 17 points, still dependent on itself when it comes to securing a place in Qatar. Paraguay on the other hand with 13 points in the place before the last and it seems that it will not be seen next year in Qatar, although it is only 4 points away from the fifth place that leads to the playoffs.
Chile – Ecuador 2: 0
The host came with tremendous momentum, with three straight wins that lifted her to fourth place after a long string of poor results she had previously recorded at both the Copa America and qualifiers, but tonight everything went her way and she lost for the first time ever at home to Ecuador. She fell behind after just 9 minutes from a goal by Parvis Estofinian, was left with ten players five minutes later following a foul by Arturo Vidal and deep in extra time of the game also snatched the second goal scored by Moisses Ecuadorian Ecuadorian, now selected with a foot and a half in Qatar for 23 points in the balance And a gap of six points from those who followed her. Chile dropped to sixth place, but the gap from fourth and fifth places stands at just one point.