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1/ Brazil top 38 points qualified
2/ Uruguay 28 points qualified
3/ Chile 26 points
4/ Columbia 26 points
5/ Peru 25 points
6/ Argentina 25 points
7/ Paraguay 24 points

Top 5 get 6th place goes into further qualification matches and 7th place misses out.
note - Columbia were 1-0 up at home against Paraguay and Paraguay scored 2 goals in the last 5 minutes to win on the weekend

Last games this Wednesday.

Brazil V Chile
Peru V Columbia (big game)
Ecuador V Argentina
Paraguay V Venezuela

Any ones guess who is going to finish 5th and 6th But Chile should be safe just. I would hate to be a Columbia player if they were to miss out.

Damn, looks like argentina will scrape in

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Does 6th play Syria?

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New Zealand I believe.

You are correct.

Looked it up, the asian play off winner is against a N American side. Either USA, Panama or Honduras.

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Yep and USA are pretty safe so its either of the other 2.

If they can't beat syria and honduras/panama then they don't deserve to be there.

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Exactly.

Where is Columbia?

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In South America, north west south america.

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Top 4 go to WCUP
5th play NZ

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umm ok then that makes the games even more important with less spots available.

LOL, the Argies are one down after a minute, nobody likes to see that

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"The game is about glory, it is about doing things in style and with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom."
Danny Blanchflower

1-1 now Argentina equalizer after 14 minutes

all other games 0-0 atm

Messi is soooo one footed it's unbelievable. Good goal though.

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"The game is about glory, it is about doing things in style and with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom."
Danny Blanchflower

Argentina now 2-1 up.

Ecuador 1 V Argentina (Messi 2) 2
Uraguay 0 V Bolivia 1

all the others are 0-0 atm - 28 minute mark

Update

all half time scores - coffee time

Everything I hate about modern defending right there. On the edge of your own box and under pressure, so put the bottle of shiraz ball in the stands and, if Messi comes to challenge, stick him there with it.

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"The game is about glory, it is about doing things in style and with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom."
Danny Blanchflower

Everything I hate about modern defending right there. Under pressure so put the bottle of shiraz ball in the stands and, if Messi comes to challenge, stick him there with it.[/quote]

Yep not stuffing around with the ball in your final third - Good defending - players body shape, positioning, communication. second defenders, second efforts, not ball watching, marking players and space properly, working with-in a defensive unit, defending corners and free kicks and then there is the GK and his involvement with all this and defending your goal - I do wonder at times if good defending is becoming a dying art some times.

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Paraguay have to do something soon

Paraguay leaving it to the last 5 minutes again?

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quote="Mr Red"]Ecuador 1 V Argentina 3
Uruguay 4 V Bolivia 2
Peru 1 V Columbia 1
Brazil 2 V Chile 0
Paraguay 0 v Venezuela 1 - 88 minute mark[/quote]

no change

red card to a Paraguay player they are stuffed now.

red card to a Venezuela player also bring back the biffo