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Between Tuesday and Wednesday, football teams play the last tickets to reach the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, including five teams from Latin America.
On the American continent there are already five ranked teams: Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL); and one by the North American, Central American and Caribbean Confederation (CONCACAF): Canada.
In South America, those who still have a chance to attend the World Cup are Peru, Colombia and ChileThis Tuesday, which will determine which of the three will face the fifth-seeded team from the Asian continent in hem to cross into Qatar.
The Peruvian team is the only one out of the three that is self-reliant Because if they beat Paraguay as a local, they will guarantee fifth place in their area and will not need to consult the results of Venezuela vs. Colombia and Chile vs. Uruguay.
If Peru drawsAnd the You will have to hope that neither Colombia nor Chile will win. In the event of a loss, Ricardo Gareca’s team will not reach the playoffs unless their direct opponents fall in their matches.
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If Peru beat Paraguay, they will qualify for Qatar 2022
Reinaldo Rueda’s men, who are one point behind Peru in the standings, have to beat Venezuela on the road, and hope the Peruvian team doesn’t get the three points. If Colombia draw, only Peru will rank it defeat (They will equalize on points but the Colombians have a better goal difference than the Peruvians) and that Chile does not beat Uruguay.
The Chilean team, led by Uruguayan Martin Lasarte, can reach the playoffs only if it beats Uruguay and does not win its fifth place opponent.
All matches will be played simultaneously.
In the Asian zone, Australia – third in Group A – has yet to decide its place in the play-off against the United Arab Emirates, Iraq or Lebanon, who are vying for third place in Group B.
Japan, South Korea, Iran and Saudi Arabia have already qualified in this region, as well as World Cup host Qatar.
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Canada has already qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 36 years in the north of the continent The United States, Mexico and Costa Rica play in direct quotas for Qatar or a place in the playoffs against the best team in Oceania..
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If the United States beat Costa Rica, they would win direct qualification for Qatar 2022
The American team led by Greg Berhalter, GetTo live ranking by adding a point against Costa Rica as a visitor.
In the event of a loss on Wednesday, he will rely on other results to avoid the play-off. Matches will be played at the same time.
With the same points but with a worse goal difference, The Mexicans also need to score at least one point in their match against El Salvador to secure a direct ticket to the World Cup..
If they lose, all eyes at Estadio Azteca will be on the match between Costa Rica and the United States. Since a local win by a good goal difference could directly rank those led by Luis Fernando Suarez and Gerardo Martino’s team relegated to the playoffs.
For Oceania, the Solomon Islands and New Zealand will determine the selection awaiting the fourth CONCACAF team.
In the next few hours, the five places in the Africa region and two of the three missing places in Europe will also be identified. The crisis of the invasion of Ukraine, whose team still aspires to go to the World Cup, caused the postponement of the solution to the third session.
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