It was mixed fortunes for South America's premier nations during the latest round of World Cup qualifying matches on Tuesday night. Neymar and Lucas Paqueta scored Brazil's goals, marking the team's first win at Paraguay in World Cup qualifiers in 35 years. The clean sheet was Brazil's fifth in their six games and they are off to their best start to a World Cup qualifying campaign since 1969, when they also won their first six games. Brazil have stretched their lead to six points after Argentina threw away a two-nil lead to be held by Colombia. The top four teams qualify automatically for Qatar (currently Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay) and the fifth-place side (at present Colombia) go into an intercontinental play-off.

Source: Daily Mail June 09, 2021 07:25 UTC