THE SUMMARY OF THE DAY. The first date of the South American qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 ™, even with its nuances, lived up to expectations.
In the first turn, Paraguay and Peru sealed a emotional 2-2 in Asuncion. He won the visit with a goal from André Carrillo, but the homeowners turned it around with two goals of Angel Romero. Own CarrilloHowever, he sentenced the result to 5 from the end.
A while later, Uruguay reaped a key win when expiring in injury time Chile 2-1. The Celeste He went ahead in the first half thanks to a penalty from Luis Suarez, but Alexis Sanchez established the transitory tie by averaging the complement.
When everything suggested that the meeting would end even, Maximiliano Gomez picked up a rebound in the area gate and gave the victory to the Charruas.
In the last match of the day, Argentina he won with the fair Ecuador 1-0. The early both of Lionel Messi, penalty, and a correct defensive performance, they reached the Albiceleste to add three points of those that weigh at the end of the road.
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Lionel Messi became the first Argentine footballer to score goals in four different World Cup qualifiers. So far, he had scored 4 in the qualifying rounds for Germany 2006, 10 in those of South Africa and 7 in those of Russia 2018. In addition, he is also the first from his country to play 5 editions of the World Cup preliminary competition.
Luis Suárez scored the first goal of the South American qualifier and has 60 with Uruguay. In addition to being Uruguay’s top scorer in history, the Pistolero is together with Lionel Messi the top scorer in the playoffs with 22.
After replacing Hernán Pérez at 63 ‘, 18 were the minutes that it took Paraguayan Ángel Romero to score his two goals against Peru, the same amount he had scored in his first 16 games with Albirroja. The funny thing is that three of those four goals were scored by the Peruvian team.
It is the number of games that Peru has not lost as a visitor in the South American qualifiers, with 2 wins and 3 draws. Their last defeat dates back to October 11, 2016, when they lost to Chile in Santiago 4-1.
Of the 44 goals scored by Chilean Alexis Sánchez with his national team, six have been scored against Uruguay, more than any other rival. He Wonder child he reached 15 points in the qualifying rounds, equaling Diego Forlán, Edinson Cavani, Felipe Caicedo and Jefferson Farfán in third place in the historical table.
Did you know…?
When the referee sanctioned the penalty in favor of Argentina, Lucas Ocampo approached Messi and asked him: “Are you going, no?” The flea He did not seem surprised, he answered yes and converted by kicking to the left of Alexander Domínguez, who got to touch the ball but without the necessary force to deflect it.
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