Qatar 2022 Qualifiers Conmebol: statistics, statistics and anecdotes from the South American Qualifiers today | Qatar World Cup

The double round of the South American Qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup ended. In total there were 36 goals (16 in the 1st and 20 in the 2nd date), with Brazil (9) and Colombia (5) as the most productive teams. Venezuela, the only one that has not scored so far.

The plenary session for Brazil and Argentina; the resurgence for Paraguay and Ecuador; shame for Venezuelans and Bolivians, as the standings show.

Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Paraguay remain undefeated; while Chile and Peru, like the last two of the Qualifiers, do not know the victory. Neymar and Luis Suárez already dispute the leadership in the scorers’ table, although there is a third in dispute.

Here are the ten data from the 2nd date of the Conmebol Elimination:

Bolivia vs. Argentina

– Marcelo Martins beat Ronaldo Luiz Nazario and Joaquín Botero, and is now the soccer player who has scored the most goals for Argentina in the history of the Qualifiers. The striker scored 5 goals, above the 4 of his compatriot and the 3 of the ‘Phenomenon’.

Ecuador vs. Uruguay

– Moisés Caicedo, from Ecuador, is the first player born after 2000 (November 2, 2001) to score a goal in the Playoffs. In addition, he became the youngest player from that country to score in qualifiers, beating none other than Antonio Valencia.

– Luis Suárez is the fifth player to score two or more penalty goals in the same game. That record is held by Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Ronaldinho and Falcao García.

Venezuela vs. Paraguay

– It took 17 years (four Qualifiers) for Venezuela not to score a goal in its first two games. In 2003 (Germany 2006), they lost 2-0 to Ecuador and 0-3 to Argentina.

Peru vs. Brazil

– Neymar surpassed Ronaldo in the table of the highest scorers in history in Brazil: he reached 64 goals and left the fat man with 62 goals. Pelé is first, with 77 touchdowns. Also, sixth player to score two or more penalty goals

– They passed three Qualifiers (2006, 2010 and 2018) to see a start with two Brazilian wins. In 2003, the ‘verdeamarela’ beat Colombia and Ecuador; now it surpassed Bolivia and Peru.

Chile vs. Colombia

– Colombia is still unable to win its first two qualifying matches in its history. However, there are already nine qualifiers in which he remains undefeated after the initial two games. The best first two presentations for Colombia were in the 2014 Qualifiers (win over Bolivia and draw against Venezuela), 1998 (beat Paraguay and tied with Peru) and 1994 (tied with Paraguay and beat Peru). In 2020 he beat Venezuela and drew with Chile.