Summary: Chile missed opportunities and only reaped one point out of six at the start of the Qualifiers

The first double date of the Qualifiers towards the Qatar 2022 World Cup Y the balance is not positive for Chile, since they lost to Uruguay last Thursday and this Tuesday they equalized with Colombia. That is to say, He only got one point out of six possible.

On the first date, the defeat to Uruguay was bittera, because of the controversial VAR charges. However, the good feelings left by football, on that day, disappeared this Tuesday in Santiago, at theto escape the victory with a 2-2 draw against the Colombians, showing little football and depending too much on the individual performance of Arturo Vidal and Alexis Sánchez, authors of the goals in the Nacional.

The Colombians, who had just won Venezuela 3-0, took a gold point, with goals from Jefferson Lerma and Radamel Falcao, the latter just in the discounts.

For its part, Brazil, the champion of America, showed their credentials as favorites and took the lead of the table. After thrashing Bolivia, the turn of this day was a 4-2 to Peru in Lima, in a game not alien to the controversy.

For the Peruvians, who started out winning, the goals were from André Carrillo and Renato Tapia, while Scratch came back with a Neymar’s triplet (two goals were from penalties) and the same from Richarlison.

The other leader of the Qualifiers is Lionel Messi’s Argentina, that was surprising when they achieved a 1-2 victory against Bolivia in La Paz. The altiplano were up with a goal from Moreno Martins, but the albiceleste turned it around with goals from Lautaro Martínez and Joaquín Correa.

For its part, Uruguay, executioner of Chile last date, suffered firsthand the irregularities of VAR, although he also received a dance from Ecuador, who thrashed 4-2 in Quito. The celestial goals were penalties from Luis Suárez, while the locals celebrated with goals from Angel Mena, Michael Estrada (double) and Gonzalo Plata.

Finally, Paraguay achieved their first win with a 1-0 away win against Venezuela, which incredibly squandered a penalty (given away) in the last minute.

Results second date

– bolivia 1-2 Argentina. “Hernando Siles” Stadium, La Paz. Check the AlAireLibre.cl Virtual Scoreboard.

1-0: 24 ‘Marcelo Moreno Martins (BOL); 1-1: 44 ‘Lautaro Martínez (ARG); 79 ‘Joaquin Correa (ARG)

– Ecuador 4-two Uruguay. LDU Stadium, Quito. Check the AlAireLibre.cl Virtual Scoreboard.