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Neymar’s devastating Brazil knows that Peru has blood in its eyes. Messi goes to La Paz for oxygen for the pale Argentina. Colombia and Uruguay prove their character against Chile and Ecuador. The wound Venezuela seeks to heal against a Paraguay with ups and downs. For the superstitious, Tuesday the 13th is an unlucky day. That millennial animosity will tempt the four leaders of the South American qualifier to the World Cup-2022 when the ball rolls for the second date.

After the first day, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay and Argentina have 3 points, Peru and Paraguay 1, while Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia did not add.

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Peru vs. Brazil: 7 pm without broadcast TV

Tite’s immaculate Brazil started the long road to Qatar as expected: beating a very poor Bolivia 5-0 in Sao Paulo. But Peru, his rival in Lima on Tuesday, could be that black cat that crosses his path. The Incas come to get a meritorious 2-2 draw from Albirroja in Asunción and now they rub their hands with the arrival of the star Neymar and the auriverde band, the culprit of inflicting a wound on their pride in the final of the Copa América- 2019 that Brazil won 3-1.

“The results, good or bad, are lost in the past. The present is more important. It makes no sense to say that he won the final of the Copa América or that he lost the last game. Both were true, but both passed,” Tite said. . With its striker Paolo Guerrero absent due to injury, Peru will redouble the bet with André Carrillo, author of a double in Paraguay, and perhaps with the presence of ‘La Foquita’ Jefferson Ferfán, recovered from physical discomfort.

Bolivia vs Argentina: 3 p.m. no open TV

For Argentina facing bottom row Bolivia could be a blessing. The point is that the game will be played at the 3,640 m altitude of La Paz, where oxygen is scarce and the symptoms of altitude sickness threaten the teams that play at sea level.

This ‘well-known rival’ will have to face the star Lionel Messi and an Albiceleste that barely took three points in his pocket against Ecuador (1-0) with a penalty in the Bombonera and nothing else.

Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina was once again that team without ideas, with discreet performance in the lines despite the impulse of new faces, but that they did not manage to build partnerships, much less impose a style of play. For Scaloni the redeemable “is that it was won.” Yes and no. Argentina and Messi will have to show something else in La Paz to avoid suffering against a Bolivia that reserved against Brazil experienced men who move like a fish in water at high altitude, such as Alejandro Chumacero and Marcelo Martins.

Chile vs Colombia: 7:30 p. m. TV Canal Caracol

In Colombia, the 3-0 against Venezuela in Barranquilla adjusted to what was expected on the table, because Carlos Queiroz’s men came to the meeting with a marked prominence in the nascent European season, cases of James Rodríguez, Duvan Zapata, Luis Muriel and Juan Guillermo Square.

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“I always want this concentration and determination of the whole team. It is the only way to win. It was not an opera but it is not time for opera, it is to score points,” said the Portuguese helmsman.

The bad news for the coffee growers was the serious injury of defender Santiago Arias, recently acquired by Bayer Leverkusen. Fibula fracture and complex ligament injuries in the left ankle, which will require a minimum inactivity of six months.

Chile appears threatening on the horizon of the Colombians and much more after the 2-1 defeat against Uruguay in Montevideo, which in the heart of La Roja hit deeply when considering that they were harmed by the Paraguayan referee Eber Aquino and the decisions of the VAR. Despite the setback and the controversy, the La Roja coach, the Colombian Reinaldo Rueda, knew how to combine the seniority of Arturo Vidal, Alexis Sánchez, Eduardo Vargas and Charles Aranguiz against Celeste with new and young blood, which augurs well in Chile spare part for the long qualifying process.

Ecuador vs Uruguay: 4 pm TV Canal Caracol

Uruguay, well to the Uruguayan, gritting its teeth, suffering at times and on the hour, took forward its match against La Roja, and that same character will have to demonstrate it against Ecuador in Quito, where the 2,850 meters above sea level cannot be ignored.

For the ‘teacher’ Óscar Tabárez the celestial victory was cemented “in the effort of the players” and he advocated that same spirit to fight for the points in Quito. “We are going to face a fast team at height. We have to make a game that will require a lot of energy from the physical and a lot of attitude and presence in the psychological,” he noted.

In the ranks of the Tricolor, the 1-0 defeat against Argentina did not fall so badly taking into account the rival they faced on a visit and the short time of work of the Argentine DT Gustavo Alfaro on the bench. “You have to choose the players well to play at altitude, with that pressure, mounting a well-structured football from the bottom,” acknowledged the helmsman.

Venezuela vs Paraguay: 5 pm without broadcast TV

Harmless and far from the competitive version he offered in the Copa América 2019 with Rafael Dudamel, the Venezuela of the Portuguese José Peseiro was against Colombia that innocent vinotinto that years ago walked thrashed through South America.

Without several referents and with just hours of training, Venezuela could have taken a worse result from Barranquilla than the 3-0 suffered, if it were not for the coffee growers decided to take their foot off the gas in the second half. Now Paraguay will be his rival on Tuesday in Merida. La Albirroja comes from drawing 2-2 with Peru when they were winning with 9 minutes remaining in Asunción, a match in which they had ups and downs in their football but showed dynamics and work.

AFP