This Is The Table Of The South American Qualifiers, With Ecuador About To Qualify

With Brazil and Argentina at the World Cup, seven South American teams seek to follow in their footsteps

The South American Qualifiers They enter their final stretch and several selected teams are fighting to appropriate the few tickets that are available to ensure their presence in the 2022 Qatar World Cup. With Brazil and Argentina already qualified, all eyes are on what happens in the clash between Peru and Ecuador at National Stadium from Lima.

The Tri, with 24 units, is in third position Y is measured against Incas, who with 20 points, are in the playoff zone. in case of staying With a victory, those led by the Argentine Gustavo Alfaro will seal their ticket to the World Cup no matter what happens in the rest of the matches of the day with two games remaining.

In this way, they would return to a maximum appointment after being left out in Russia 2018. Their three previous participations were in Korea-Japan 2002 (first phase), Germany 2006 (round of 16) and Brazil 2014 (group phase). With another result, they will have to wait for one more date.

In Lima, Ecuador and Peru will star in a key duel in the race for the 2022 Qatar World Cup (Photo: FPF)

The day began with the great triumph of chili 3-2 against bolivia at the height of La Paz with which he reached 19 points and maintains the hope of qualifying for the Qatar World Cup, while the locals, further behind with 15 units, depend on a miracle to achieve it.

In addition, in another of the meetings, Uruguay thrashed Venezuela 4-1. After changing coach, the cycle of Óscar Tabárez ended and Diego Alonso arrived, added the six points and reached 22, to be fourth in the table. The charrúas were imposed in Montevideo against a renewed Venezuela since the arrival of José Néstor Pekerman, a team that is the only one that no longer has the chance of qualifying for the top event. With 10 points they appear in the last place of the table.

For its part, Argentina prevailed in Córdoba by the minimum against Colombia, who was seventh in the table with 17 points and no longer depends on herself to go to the Qatar World Cup, when there are only two dates left until the end of the playoffs.

Brazil, absolute leader with 39 units, thrashed 4-0 to Paraguay and left him without chances to go to the World Cup. Those coached by Guillermo Barros Schelotto depended on a miracle to achieve their goal, but with two dates remaining, they no longer have a chance and ended up with 13 points in the table, just three more than the bottom team Venezuela.

It is worth remembering that the team that plays the playoffs will meet an Asian team in June in a single match at a neutral venue (possibly Qatar). Before, the format was with round trip matches. For the moment, the rival of the fifth-placed South American would come out of a confrontation between Australia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), although there are still two dates left in that Qualifiers.

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THE LAST TWO DATES OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN QUALIFYING:

Date 17:

Uruguay-Peru

Colombia-Bolivia

Brazil-Chile

Paraguay-Ecuador

Argentina-Venezuela

Date 18:

Peru-Paraguay

Venezuela-Colombia

Bolivia-Brazil