Argentina
Peru sealed a World Cup playoff spot on Tuesday after a 2-0 win over Paraguay secured fifth place in the South American qualifying group.
Argentina extended their unbeaten run to 29 games on Tuesday when they beat a toothless Colombia 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier.
Lionel Messi, who recently recovered from a COVID-19 infection, was on Wednesday left out of Argentina’s squad for World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Colombia, with the twice former winners already qualified for Qatar 2022.
Argentina started without Lionel Messi but a moment of magic from Angel Di Maria was enough to give them a barely deserved 1-0 win over Uruguay in Friday’s World Cup qualifier in Montevideo.
Brazil host Colombia in Sao Paulo on Thursday knowing victory will book their ticket to Qatar with six World Cup qualifiers to spare following a near perfect record so far.
Two goals in the minutes before half time, one of them an unusually fortunate counter from Lionel Messi, helped Argentina on their way to a comfortable 3-0 win over Uruguay in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday.
Lionel Messi is fully fit and motivated for Argentina’s South American World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru, Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni said on Wednesday.
Juventus forward Paulo Dybala has been ruled out of Argentina’s squad for this month’s World Cup qualifiers due to injury, the country’s football governing body said.
A World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina was suspended on Sunday after Brazilian health officials objected to the participation of three Argentine players, they say broke quarantine rules.
Argentina on Tuesday registered a record number of new COVID-19 cases, after 20,870 people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 2,428,029, according to the Ministry of Health.
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez tested positive for the COVID-19 after a PCR test on Saturday afternoon.
TV footage showed that dozens of protesters kicked and threw rocks at a minibus carrying Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Saturday as he visited an area devastated by forest fires.
