The stars Neymar and Lionel Messi are the great absentees in the auriverde and in the albiceleste for the double round of the South American qualifiers.
Without Neymar and without Lionel Messi the ball will roll again after 72 days when the fifteenth of the eighteen days of the south american qualifiers of the World Cup, in which Brazil Y Argentina They have already secured their passage to Qatar.
The canarinha, absolute leader with 35 points, and Albiceleste, second with 29, have their lives resolved for the last four dates, despite the fact that they have one game less than the rest of the eight rivals.
Even so, Neymar and Messi contributed with goals and assists to the early qualification of their teams to the World Cup that will be played at the end of the year.
Ecuador will seek to emulate Brazilians and Argentines in this double day. Colombia and Peru will battle it out for fourth place, while Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia are still on the prowl. Paraguay and Venezuela cling to a miracle, which also occurs in football.
Ecuador wants to seal its visa with a win over Brazil
Brazil will visit Ecuador this Thursday without Neymar, who has not seen action since he injured his ankle last November and was not summoned by Tite.
PSG’s 10 is focused on his recovery and stayed in France, but Canarinha will have names like Dani Alves, casemiro, Philippe Coutinho, Lucas Paquetá, Raphinha Y vinicius Junior to face the duel with the Tri on Thursday, and against Paraguay on February 1.
Ecuador, for its part, recovered the goalkeeper Alexander Dominguez, to the defender Robert Arboleda and the scorers Enner Valencia Y Michael Estrada, who have overcome COVID-19 infections.
But on Monday he received the announcement from the health authorities that the team will not be able to bring the public to the stadium due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 contagion in the country.
La Tri is third with 23 points, six more than their immediate pursuers, Colombia and Peru, so his goal of securing a place in the World Cup could be achieved by obtaining four integers on this double date according to the Argentine Gustavo Alfaro.
Ecuador will receive Brazil on Thursday at the Rodrigo Paz stadium in Quito, and on February 1 they will visit Peru.
Alfaro will seek his first qualification for a World Cup as a coach and Ecuador will try to do so for the fourth time.
Paraguay examines Uruguay
without the brothers Oscar and Angel Romero, who are still without a team, and without Celso Ortiz, Andres Cubas Y Alexander Romero Gamarra, Paraguay will receive a Uruguay team that will premiere Diego Alonso as coach.
Both teams are in crisis after five games without a win and out of the places that give Qatar a place.
The Albirroja of Guillermo Barros Schelotto will receive Uruguay on the 27th and then visit Brazil on February 1st. She is penultimate with 13 points.
Uruguay, now led by Alonso, who replaced Oscar Tabarez, will have seven novelties to face Paraguay and Venezuela.
Sebastián Sosa, Guillermo de Amores, Leandro Cabrera, Mathías Olivera, Facundo Pellistri, Diego Rossi and Nicolás López are the new faces of La Celeste.
They will be joined by the experienced Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani, Diego Godín, José María Giménez and Martín Cáceres.
Uruguay is seventh with 16 points.
Chile, to climb against an Argentina without Messi
In the more than 2,200 meters of altitude of Calama, Chile and Argentina will be measured with the absences of Arturo vidal, by the Red, and Lionel Messi, by the Albiceleste.
Vidal is suspended for the expulsion he received in the match with Ecuador. But the selector Martin Lasarte It will feature Ben Brereton, Charles Aránguiz, Alexis Sánchez, Erick Pulgar and Gary Medel.
Without Messi, who stayed in France with PSG after recovering from the coronavirus, Argentina is getting ready to play against Chile and Colombia. It is the first time that the captain has not been called up for qualifying matches.
Argentina is classified for the World Cup and is second with 29 points, while Chile is sixth with 16 integers.
Colombia-Peru, high voltage duel
Colombia, fourth with 17 points, will host Peru this Thursday in Barranquilla, fifth with the same units in a high-voltage duel.
Two direct rivals will face each other, with the locals guided by James Rodriguez Y Radamel Falcao Garcia, of which the technician Reinaldo Wheel reached out to look for a win after five games without a win and without scoring a goal.
Colombia wants to secure victory at home to remain among the four teams that go directly to Qatar and then visit Argentina on February 1.
They will strengthen Colombia Yaser Asprilla, from Envigado, an 18-year-old midfielder who earned his spot for what he did in the friendly with Honduras, and the forwards Harold Precious (Sports Cali) and Miguel Angel Borgia (Junior).
the creative Juan Fernando Quintero (River Plate) will not be due to injury and they are also low Louis Ferdinand Muriel Y Jefferson Lerma, who were called off due to covid-19 and replaced by the midfielder Victor Cantillo, from Corinthians; and the attacker Luis Suarez, from the Spanish Granada.
With the absences of Paolo Guerrero Y Jefferson Farfan but with the presence of the striker Santiago Ormeno, Peru is ready to face Colombia and Ecuador and full of confidence after achieving two wins in a row.
Other absentees will be Christian Ramos, Anderson Santamaria Y Raul Ruidíaz.
Venezuela, to win in Pekerman’s debut against Bolivia
In the first match that he will direct under the command of Venezuela, the Argentine José Pekerman will have against Bolivia Wuilker Faríñez, Yeferson Soteldo, Thomas Rincon, Solomon Rondon Y Joseph Martinez.
Bolivia, plagued by casualties due to covid-19, will have the scorer of the qualifying rounds, Marcelo Martins Moreno, next January 28 at the Agustín Tovar stadium in Barinas. Later, the Vinotinto will visit Uruguay on February 1.
Venezuela is bottom with 7 points and the Green is eighth with 15 and will receive Chile in La Paz on February 1 for the sixteenth date. (D)
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