![]() ![]() The most controversial moment of the match in San Juan, in Argentina’s Northwest, was in the 35th minute when Raphinha was hit by Nicolas Otemendi’s elbow on his mouth and started bleeding. ![]() “We hope to arrive well at the World Cup.” “Today we didn't score, we missed some opportunities, but once again we have a clean sheet," he said. He had only one opportunity from the edge of the box near the final whistle, but it was easily saved by Brazil goalkeeper Alisson.īrazil player Fred, who hit the bar with a shot in the 60th minute, said his team's defense was once more tested and once more succeeded in qualifiers. “It is not easy to play with the pace that this match demanded,” Messi said after the match. He played for only 15 minutes in Argentina's 1-0 win over Uruguay last week so he could recover to face Brazil. Messi, who played the entire match after recovering from a knee injury, said he felt well on the pitch. Goalkeepers Emiliano Martinez and Alisson were just about spectators most of the match. Paraguay can't be ruled out with 13 points.įew opportunities were available for Argentina and Brazil in a tense match marked by Messi's low key performance and Neymar's absence due to injury. ![]() Bolivia are surprisingly competitive with 15 points in eighth position. And then, except for last-place Venezuela, there's a crush of candidates to qualify.Ĭolombia and Peru have 17 points and Chile are sixth with 16 points, narrowly ahead of Uruguay on goal difference. FIFA is yet to decide what to do with that match.Įcuador have 23 points and is well established in the third position. Both teams have completed 13 games, one fewer than scheduled because their encounter in September was suspended after seven minutes when Brazilian officials belatedly enforced COVID-19 restrictions. The fifth-place team goes into an intercontinental playoff for a spot in Qatar.īrazil have 35 points, six ahead of Argentina. With 29 points and four qualifiers remaining, Lionel Scaloni's Argentina squad cannot be overtaken by more than two rivals.Ĭompetition-leading Brazil had already secured the first of South America's four direct entries to Qatar 2022. Second-place Argentina qualified after Chile lost 2-0 at home to third-place Ecuador. It is understood the 33-year-old could sit out some of the game in order to be fully ready for the clash against pacesetters Brazil on 17 November in San Juan.Argentina secured a place in next year's World Cup after a 0-0 draw against Brazil on Tuesday, giving Lionel Messi his fifth and possibly final shot at winning the only major trophy missing in his career. Just over a week on from the 2-2 result, Argentine media reported that Messi trained in preparation for Saturday’s match against Uruguay at the Estadio Campeon del Siglo in Montevideo. A thigh injury and a sore knee ruled him out of PSG's draw in Leipzig on 3 November. However, he has netted three times during his three games against Bruges, Manchester City and RB Leipzig in the Champions League. Since arriving from Barcelona in August, Messi has yet to score in five outings in Ligue 1. The national team has always been one of his priorities.” He never has and there is no reason for him to do so at this stage of his career. Leonardo can say what he wants, there are rules and PSG must comply with them. "The commitment that Leo has always shown towards the national team is highly valued. TYC Sports was more diplomatic but no less chauvinistic. "Leo is more Argentine than Parisian,” crowed the daily newspaper Olé. With only five of the 10 teams advancing to Qatar, Argentina are not yet assured of qualification.Īnd the country’s media has feasted on Leonardo’s wrath to deify Messi who led the team to the 2021 Copa America. “It's not logical and this type of situation deserves to be regulated by Fifa.”Īfter 11 of their 18 games, Argentina lie second on 25 points - six behind pacesetters Brazil. "We don't agree with letting a player leave for the national team who, for us, is not in good physical condition or who is in the rehabilitation phase," PSG sporting director Leonardo told Le Parisien newspaper. ![]() The regulations of Fifa - world football’s governing body - say that players can be called up and assessed by the medical teams of their national squads even if their clubs do not want them to depart. However, despite their absences, the Argentina coach Lionel Sclaoni summoned them to South America for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil. The two have been on the sick list of the Ligue 1 pacesetters for the past fortnight forcing them to miss a game in the Champions League against RB Leipzig as well as the Ligue 1 clash at Bordeaux on 6 November. ![]()
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