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The first five matches were played, among the ten South American teams, on the first date of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers. Four local wins and a draw. This is the second opening day (in qualifiers with all countries competing) with the most goals.
Lionel Scaloni and Carlos Queiroz were the only rookie coaches who did it with victory; 65 players had their first time in Playoffs, but only one did so with a goal.
These and more figures, anecdotes, data, in the compendium of the first date.
Debutants
* Brazil was the team with the most debutants in Playoffs, with 10 new features. Argentina and Bolivia follow it with 9.
* Peru was the selected one with the least debutants: only one, Marcos López.
* They debuted with a goal: Maximiliano Gómez (Uruguay).
* In total, 65 players made their debut on this first qualifying date, who are: Blas Riveros, Alberto Espínola (debutant with National Team), Mathías Villasanti, Gastón Giménez, Andrés Cubas, Richard Sánchez (Paraguay-6); Marcos López (Peru-1); Martín Campaña, Matías Viña, Brian Rodríguez, Nicolás de la Cruz, Mauro Arambarri, Maximiliano Gómez, Jonathan Rodríguez (Uruguay-7); Gabriel Arias, Sebastián Vegas, Francisco Sierralta, Nicolás Díaz, Claudio Baeza, César Pinares, Víctor Dávila (Chile-7); Franco Armani, Nicolás Tagliafico, Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Lucas Ocampos, Rodrigo de Paul, Lautaro Martínez, Juan Foyth, Nicolás Domínguez (Argentina-9); Erick Ferigra (debutant with National Team), Pervis Estupiñán, Xavier Arreaga, Steven Franco, Moisés Caicedo (debutant with National Team), Ángelo Preciado, Gonzalo Plata (Ecuador-7); Camilo Vargas, Johan Mojica, Jefferson Lerma, Steven Alzate, Alfredo Morelos (Colombia-5); Ronald Hernández, Jefferson Savarino, Cristian Casseres Jr. (debutant with National Team), Andrés Ponce (Venezuela-4); Weverton, Renan Lodi, Danilo, Douglas Luiz, Everton, Alex Telles, Felipe Monteiro, Everton Ribeiro, Richarlison, Rodrygo (Brazil-10); Franz Gonzales (debutant with National Team), Boris Céspedes (debutant with National Team), Jesús Sagredo (debutant with National Team), José Carrasco, Antonio Bustamante (debutant with National Team), Cristhian Arabe, Luis Saldías (debutant with National Team), César Menacho (debutante with Selection), Leonardo Zabala (debutant with Selection) (Bolivia-9).
Goals and scorers
* 16 goals scored on the 1st date of the 2022 Qualifiers. The opening day (with ten teams competing) with the most goals was the one on the way to 2006, with 19 goals scored. The one with the fewest goals was in 2010, with 8 annotations.
* The scorers table It has 11 players, four lead with 2 goals.
* First double for: André Carrillo (Peru), Luis Muriel (Colombia), Roberto Firmino (Brazil) and Ángel Romero (Paraguay).
* They were marked two penalty goals: Luis Suárez (Uruguay) and Lionel Messi (Argentina).
* First own goal: José Carrasco (Bolivia).
Unbeaten and streaks
* Brazil completed 55 home games in Playoffs and has never lost: 43 wins and 12 draws.
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Longest consecutive match streaks in World Cup Qualifiers …
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— MisterChip (Alexis) (@2010MisterChip) October 10, 2020
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— OptaJavier (@OptaJavier) October 10, 2020
And of the Colombian National Team?
* Camilo Vargas became the first goalkeeper from Bogotá to tackle in Qualifiers. In addition, he is the first Colombian goalkeeper with a goal assist (to Luis Fernando Muriel).
* Muriel scored her first goals in official competition. He had 5, but all in friendly games.
* Muriel’s double to Venezuela, it is the fifth by a Colombian in the first half of Qualifying. The others: Faustino Asprilla (1996, to Chile), Víctor Aristizábal (2001, to Paraguay), Víctor Pacheco (2004, to Uruguay) and Tressor Moreno (2005, to Ecuador).
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