La Celeste, winner on a goal from Luis Suarez which kills the last globalist hopes of Paraguay, is now 4th with two points ahead of Colombia and Peru, who meet on Friday.
It was in Asuncion the first of Diego Alonso at the head of Uruguay, successor to Oscar Tabarez who had been in office for 15 years and was dismissed from his post in November after four consecutive defeats weakening the objective of playing a 4th World Cup in a row.
The other good operation of the evening goes to Ecuador, who obtained a good draw (1-1) at home against undefeated Brazil and without Neymar (injured), and already qualified.
The Ecuadorians consolidate their 3rd place, five points ahead of their first pursuer.
Striker Angel Di Maria celebrates his goal opening the score for Argentina against Chile (2-1) in South American qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Calama (Chile), January 27, 2022 Javier Torres POOL / AFP
Bad operation on the other hand for Chile, defeated at home by Argentina (1-2), already qualified and deprived of Lionel Messi (convalescent) but not of Angel Di Maria, flamboyant and author of the first goal, the second being signed Lautaro Martinez.
The Chileans, 7th, see Qatar move away.
The first four qualify directly for the World Cup, and the 5th will compete in an intercontinental play-off.
Thusday:
Ecuador - Brazil 1 - 1
Paraguay - Uruguay 0 - 1
Chile - Argentina 1 - 2
Friday January 28 (GMT time)
(21h00) Colombia - Peru
(22:00) Venezuela - Bolivia
Rank: Pts JGNP bp bc dif
1. Brazil 36 14 11 3 0 28 5 23
2. Argentina 32 14 9 5 0 22 7 15
3. Ecuador 24 15 7 3 5 24 14 10
4. Uruguay 19 15 5 4 6 15 21 -6
5. Colombia 17 14 3 8 3 16 17 -1
6. Peru 17 14 5 2 7 15 20 -5
7. Chile 16 15 4 4 7 16 18 -2
8. Bolivia 15 14 4 3 7 20 28 -8
9. Paraguay 13 15 2 7 6 9 19 -10
10.Venezuela 7 14 2 1 11 9 25 -16
Editor's note: the first four qualify directly for the World Cup.
The 5th will compete in an intercontinental jump-off.
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