Brazil hosted Colombia in So Paulo on Thursday, knowing it would book its ticket to Qatar with six World Cup qualifiers after a near-perfect record so far. Even a draw for Selecao would be enough if Uruguay loses to Argentina on Friday, and Brazilian media have reported that coach Tite has already been planning to check out the venues and facilities of the World Cup to be held in Qatar next month. Planning to go to the cup. Publicly, however, Tite is not looking ahead of himself to face arch-rivals Argentina in San Juan on the horizon next week. “We have two important matches against two teams, which for me are of the highest standard. A good performance and a good result against Colombia will give us good preparation for Argentina,” Tite said.
Tiate surprised by recalling Barcelona’s Philippe Coutinho to his squad after more than a year, largely due to a nine-month absence with a knee injury that required three surgeries.
“It’s like the first time it’s happened, I see it on the team every time. It’s an honor to wear this jersey,” said Coutinho, who has struggled to play this season at his club.
Brazil dominated the singles CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying group, winning 10 of their 11 matches and scoring 26 goals.
Their only flaw was a 0-0 draw with Colombia last month that ended the nine-match run winning streak.
A team on three consecutive goalless draws is likely to have another tough game.
Colombia welcomed playmaker James Rodriguez for the first time in a year despite a humiliating start to life at their new Qatari club Al-Rayyan.
Last month, in only his third league match since leaving Everton, the former Real Madrid and Bayern Munich player was oddly sent off after taking two quickfire yellow cards for protesting after being awarded a free-kick Was.
James’ joining is a welcome boost for Colombia, who would be without injured veteran striker Radamel Falcao.
Colombia are currently locked in a tight battle with Ecuador and Uruguay to automatically qualify for the World Cup.
Three sides are separated by one point to finish in the top four, with the fifth-place finisher going into the Inter-Confederation play-off.
messi a doubt
Like Brazil, second-placed Argentina could qualify this month, although they will need other results to go their way.
And he may have to do without star player Lionel Messi, who suffers from knee and hamstring problems and has missed his club’s last two matches at Paris Saint-Germain.
Uruguay, unbeaten in 25 matches, host Brazil next week after their visit to Argentina and a win in both could be enough to book your ticket to Qatar.
Uruguay, however, will be out for revenge after a 3-0 loss in Buenos Aires last month.
He will not hurt Manchester United forward Edison Cavani, although Atletico Madrid’s Luis Suarez has traveled to South America.
After a 4-1 loss to Brazil last month, iconic Uruguay coach Oscar Tabrez finds himself under pressure, with many fans believing the 74-year-old’s record-breaking 15-year stint should come to an end.
He would also have to do without Real Madrid’s Federico Valverde among the eight absentees.
Free-scoring Ecuador, in third, will try to cement their qualification hopes as they host rock-bottom Venezuela on Thursday before traveling to Chile next week.
Only Venezuela, sitting nine points behind the top five, appears out of the qualification picture, although Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Bolivia have some ground to make up with just six qualifiers.
Importantly, Paraguay hosts Chile and Peru entertained Bolivia by winning matches on Thursday.
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