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The South American zone matches of the World Cup qualifying stage were played, in which all victories were won by the home teams, increasing the intrigue of the competition.
The biggest surprise was recorded in Ecuador, where the local team forced the World Champion Brazil to surrender. Taking advantage of their opponents' failure, Argentina defeated Venezuela and rose to the top of the tournament table.
Meanwhile, in other matches, Uruguay defeated Paraguay and now holds the fifth position, Colombia pushed Bolivia into the outsider position, and Peru tied with Chile.
Results of all matches
Argentina 3 – 2 Venezuela
5' [1 - 0] J.M. Rey (own goal)
30' [1 - 1] R. Moran
45' [2 - 1] J.R. Riquelme
67' [3 - 1] J. Saviola
77' [3 - 2] L. Vielma
Ecuador 1 – 0 Brazil
77' [1 - 0] E. Mendez
Uruguay 1 – 0 Paraguay
76' [1 - 0] P. Montero
Colombia 1 – 0 Bolivia
18' [1 - 0] M. Yepes
Peru 2 – 1 Chile
55' [1 - 0] J.F. Guadelupe
85' [2 - 0] P. Guerrero
90' [2 - 1] S. Gonzalez
Tournament table
(Position, team, won, drawn, lost, goals, points)
1. Argentina 11 6 4 1 21-11 22
2. Brazil 11 5 5 1 19-11 20
3. Paraguay 11 4 4 3 12-11 16
4. Ecuador 11 5 1 5 12-11 16
5. Uruguay 11 4 2 5 16-23 14
6. Colombia 11 3 4 4 12-11 13
7. Peru 11 3 4 4 13-13 13
8. Chile 11 3 4 4 10-11 13
9. Venezuela 11 4 1 6 13-17 13
10. Bolivia 11 3 1 7 11-20 10
Top scorers
Ronaldo (Brazil) 9
E.Chevanton (Uruguay) 5
J.Cardozo (Paraguay) 5
J.Botero (Bolivia) 5
N.Solano (Peru) 4
