Mission accomplished for Bolivia, which before this double date was last in the standings and far from the top positions. Before traveling to Brazil to play the Copa América, La Verde closed this qualifying window heading to Qatar 2022 with four beans in its pocket and was three units away from fifth place, the playoff spot. After 3-1 against Venezuela in La Paz, rescued a miraculous 1-1 draw against Chile (the rival of the National Team next Monday in Rio) in Santiago and got on in the fight.
Alexis can’t believe it, Chile missed the game (AP).
Without being that great team that the Crazy Bielsa and that then also shone with Jorge Sampaoli, Chile maintains a feature that remains despite the passage of time and the change of some names: mobility, something that Lionel Scaloni should pay attention to when preparing the premiere. La Roja started like a whirlwind, without giving references in attack and with the steering wheels that arrive from behind, and if it did not have a 2-0 lead in the first 10 ‘like the National Team in Barranquilla, it was simply due to a lack of aim: Vargas crashed a shot on the stick at 4’ from the PT and Sierralta sent it to the crossbar just two minutes later . And Alexis Sánchez also had a chance …
Lampe was a high point in Bolivia (AFP).
With the novelty of the 3 line in the background, La Roja dominated the entire first half but was not given the goal, which just came in the second half with a header from Erick Pulgar, who had already played a great game against Argentina. However, in football it is not enough with the merits and with arriving but not hurting … Carlos Lampe, as one of the figures, and resisting as he could, Bolivia found a goal thanks to Marcelo Moreno Martins, his scorer, and also with a little help from the VAR. Regarding the closure of the ST, from the cabin they called Paraguayan Eber Aquino to check a hand of Maripán: took the penalty and Martins scored his sixth goal in these Qualifiers.
Martins always appears (EFE).
Every point and every goal (in the event of an eventual tiebreaker) in these South American Qualifiers is worth gold, that is why this result from Bolivia takes even more value since except for Brazil and Argentina, the rest of the teams are very close. It is that between Ecuador, the third in the table, and Peru, the last, there are only five points of difference.
The goals of Chile-Bolivia
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