Crushing Brazil, Argentina firmly holds top spot in South American World Cup qualifiers

Before hosting Brazil in the 14th round of the South American World Cup qualifiers, Argentina received the best news yet when they officially secured an early ticket to the finals in North America next year.

The result of the match between Bolivia and Uruguay (0-0 draw) indirectly concretized the efforts of coach Lionel Scaloni and his team into the first ticket of the region to attend the final round, 5 rounds early, after great efforts throughout the qualifying campaign.

Line-up of two South American giants

Entering the match with all the excitement, and with the support of a large home crowd at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires, the Argentine players quickly took control of the game and opened the scoring in the 4th minute.

De Paul combined with Tagliacfico from midfield and the ball was pushed into the path of Thiago Almada. A good pass was played to Julian Alvarez and the Atletico Madrid striker easily beat goalkeeper Bento from close range.

Julian Alvarez opened the scoring early for host Argentina

Taking the lead in a "too fast too dangerous" style, Argentina immediately slowed down the tempo by actively coordinating with a series of passes in their own half. "Lulling" the opponent to sleep for a few minutes, Argentina suddenly accelerated and got the second goal in the 12th minute after a close-range finish by Enzo Fernandez.

Enzo Fernandez doubled the lead

Two goals conceded in a few minutes clearly exposed the flaws in Brazil's defense, and despite scoring a 1-2 equalizer through Matheus Cunha after a mistake by Argentina's center-back Cristian Romero, the visitors continued to concede. In the 37th minute, Enzo Fernandez passed the ball extremely delicately for Alexis MacAllister to finish accurately, raising the score to 3-1.

Cristian Romero's mistake caused Argentina to concede a goal

Giuliano Simeone scores Argentina's fourth goal

Coach Diego Simeone's son scores

After the break, Brazil tried to attack in search of an equalizer, but their strikers like Vinicius Junior, Endrick, and Raphinha either finished poorly or were unlucky enough to hit the crossbar.

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Playing ineffectively, the "Selecao" players indulged in violent plays and controversial fouls, and the referee only managed to calm down the hot heads after handing out 10 yellow cards to both teams.

In the 71st minute, Tagliafico combined with Giuliano Simeone and coach Diego Simeone's son to score a goal that hit the roof of the Brazilian net, sealing a 4-1 victory for Argentina over arch-rival Brazil.

The group of teams in the Top 6 were held back one after another (Ecuador drew 0-0 with Chile, Uruguay drew 0-0 with Bolivia, Paraguay drew 2-2 with Colombia), helping Argentina to firmly consolidate their top position, extending the joy for "Albiceleste" on the day they officially set foot in the World Cup.

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