Russia (bbabo.net), - The Brazil national football team is undefeated in the World Cup qualification in the South American zone. In the next match, the "yellow-greens" left no chance for the Paraguayans, defeating them with a score of 4:0.
A direct ticket to the championship of the planet "Pentacampeons" secured themselves back in mid-November thanks to a victory with a minimal advantage over Colombia (1:0). After it, the Tite team experienced a slight decline - draws with Argentina (0:0) and Ecuador (1:1). However, even taking into account Neymar's injury and the lack of tournament motivation, the Brazilians are not inferior to anyone and may well go through the qualifying round without defeat.
By the way, the Brazilians have not lost 32 matches in a row in qualifying for the world championship. This is a record for the South American teams, set in 1993 by the Yellow-Greens themselves. Well, the world achievement belongs to the Spaniards, who did not know defeat in the selection for the World Cup, 66 meetings in a row from 1993 to 2021.
Argentina won the second consecutive victory in qualifying. Like Brazil, "albicelesta" booked ahead of schedule for a ticket to the World Cup. In the next round, the wards of Lionel Scaloni defeated Colombia at home with a score of 1:0 thanks to a goal from Inter striker Lautaro Martinez.
It is highly likely that the championship of the planet in Qatar will be held without the Colombians. The 2014 World Cup quarter-finalists are having their worst qualifying tournament in years. What can we talk about if James Rodriguez and company cannot score for the seventh game in a row? Now even possible victories over Venezuela and Bolivia will almost certainly be useless. Two rounds before the end of the qualification, the “coffee makers” are in seventh place, four points behind fifth Peru - 17 to 21. Recall that the four best South American teams go directly to the World Cup, and the fifth participates in intercontinental joints with a representative of another confederation.
As for the Argentines, the Scaloni team wins even without Lionel Messi, who did not come to the national team this time due to a long recovery after COVID-19. Albicelesta have extended their unbeaten streak to 29 matches, the best streak to date among the national teams. The world record belongs to Italy - 37 fights without losing.
Thanks to two victories in a row, the Uruguayans climbed to fourth place. Following the success in the guest meeting with Paraguay (1:0), Luis Suarez and company defeated Venezuela at home with a score of 4:1. The last goal for the hosts was scored by Suarez, who converted a penalty. Thus, the Atlético Madrid striker surpassed Messi in goals (28) in World Cup qualifiers, becoming the top scorer in South America. Suarez also shares fourth place in world history, equaling Iranian Karim Bagheri. Only Carlos Ruiz of Guatemala (39 goals), Cristiano Ronaldo (36) and former Iranian striker Ali Daei (35) are ahead.
The full tournament situation in qualifying in South America is as follows: the Brazilians are leading here (39 points), followed by Argentina (35), Ecuador (25), Uruguay (22), Peru (21), Chile (19), Colombia (17 ), Bolivia (15), Paraguay (13) and Venezuela (ten).
Meanwhile, the next participant in the final stage of the World Cup became known. South Korea won an early ticket to the tournament. Earlier, Brazilians, Argentines, Germans, French, Belgians, Spaniards, British, Dutch, Danes, Croats, Serbs, Swiss and Iran made their way to the world championship. Plus, Qatar will play in the competition as the host.
The Yellow-Greens are undefeated in 32 World Cup qualifiers in a row
In the eighth round of the second group stage of the qualifying round in the Asian zone, South Korea beat Syria away with a score of 2:0. Iran leads the way with 22 points, followed by South Korea (20), the United Arab Emirates (nine points), Lebanon (six), Iraq (five) and Syria (two).
In the second group stage, 12 teams are divided into two groups. The first two teams from each group receive direct tickets, the teams that become third will play-offs. In another company, Saudi Arabia (19 points), Japan (18) and Australia (15) are fighting for places in the final tournament of the World Cup.
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