Saturday, November 12, 2011

South American qualifiers

Argentina is still not likely to go to the World Cup. At home, they did not manage to go beyond a 1-1 against the weakest side in South America, Bolivia, and the Argentines now only have 4 points for three matches. It was a well-deserved trashing that the local fans gave Messi and Company, a group of stars who should be in a circus rather than on a football pitch.
Uruguay on the other hand is unstoppable, and the best team in South America for sure. Luis Suarez continued to be a goal-machine as he scored all goals in their 4-0 trashing of Chile.
Venezuela has its aims at their first World Cup and took another little step with a 1-1 tie against their rivals from Colombia in Barranquilla. Colombia looked better much of the match, but as often with them, they are simply not efficient when it counts, while Venezuela is again proving its professionalism and fighting spirit to get another important result.
I believe Venezuela will be going to Brazil (which does nevertheless not mean that I want them to).
Finally, Paraguay defeated Ecuador 2-1.
The standing in the group seems as tight as it can get:







P



W




T



L




Score



P




Uruguay



3



2




1



0




9-3



7




Argentina



3



1




1



1




5-3



4




Colombia



2



1




1



0




3-2



4




Paraguay



3



1




1



1




3-4



4




Venezuela



3



1




1



1




2-3



4




Ecuador



2



1




0



1




3-2



3




Peru



2



1




0



1




4-4



3




Chile



3



1




0



2




5-10



3




Bolivia



3



0




1



2




4-7



1


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