08/Oct/2020

Qualification from this continent remains the same with the general regional process entailing a format which four teams have a direct route to Qatar and one has an indirect route which goes via a play off, as mentioned before, Peru know all about this particular area of earning a berth for a World Cup.

In a short while as I write this piece of text, the first game will be played in the South American partition of qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

It will be contested by Paraguay and Peru. Peru was the final nation to qualify for the previous tournament in their inter-confederation play off match against New Zealand.

The second game of round one is going to be held in Montevideo, Uruguay as they face off against Chile.

09/Oct/2020

The first two games have been played, the Peru one ended in 2-2 draw with Paraguay and Chile’s game against Uruguay ended in a 2-1 defeat for South America’s thinnest country, Chile. Suarez and Gomes got the two goals for the Uruguayans.

Lionel Messi’s penalty gave Argentina their first three points of qualification in a 1-0 victory against Ecuador.

23/12/2020 round up

Qualification in the South American section has reached to matchday 4 with the fifth match day scheduled for March 2021.

Some high scoring games in matchdays, 3 and 4.

Brazil over came convincingly Bolivia, 5-0 on match day three. Four days later, Lionel Messi’s Argentina claimed victory against La Verde 2-1.

Ecuador won at home against Luis Suarez and his merry men, 4-2. Uruguay bounced back with a 3-0 win against Radamel Falcao’s Colombia.

Brazil took two further victories against Uruguay and Venezuela.

Ecuador scored six against Colombia whilst conceding just the one goal, in the second highest scoring fixture over the two match days.

On match day five, it’s Messi v Suarez in Argentina.

Update September 3rd 2021

Seven matches have been played, Brazil are top with 21 points total, Argentina are second, Ecuador are third and Uruguay are fourth.

16th November 2021 update:

Brazil have booked their place into the 2022 World Cup with six games to spare. They cannot be caught by fifth placed Chile who are on sixteen points having played a game more.

Argentina’s fate is yet to be sealed, needing four points in their next six games to secure qualification.

Brazil and Argentina play later tonight, it is the game that was rearranged due to the whole COVID protocol business.

Uruguay lost 3-0 to Bolivia and Peru won 2-1 away at Venezuela.