The South American Qualifiers towards the Qatar 2022 World Cup are in full dispute and, although there are still several dates for their definition, today Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay would be qualifying directly to the World Cup, and Colombia should play a Repechage against a Confederation rival to be confirmed.
That is why below We will review the last five cases of national teams from this part of the continent that had to play that momentous series to define whether or not they got their ticket to the great competition that captivates the gaze of the entire planet. Who will it be this time?
After falling 1-0 in the first leg, Uruguay recovered in the defining match and beat the Australians 3-0 with a goal from Darío Silva and two from Richard Morales. He would then be fired in the first round, finishing third behind Denmark and Senegal.
Uruguayan disappointment: they lost on penalties to Australia 4-2 in the 2006 playoffs for Germany. In the 90 minutes, they had fallen 1-0. Being the same result that the “Celeste” had achieved in Montevideo, there was an extension. But nothing changed and they reached penalties, where Australia prevailed and achieved a World Cup qualification after 32 years.
The epic of the group “Charrúa” from Washington Tabárez, who reached the semifinals of the 2010 World Cup after the heroic penalties against Ghana in the quarterfinals began with the playoff won against Costa Rica: it was 2-1 on aggregate, 1-0 in the first leg as a visitor, and 1-1 in the legendary Centennial in the second leg, with a goal from ” Crazy “Abreu.
The matches were played on November 13 and 20, 2013: the Uruguayan team made the difference in the first leg as a visitor, where they thrashed 5 to 0! and then he had no problem drawing 0-0 on the return leg to the delirium and madness of qualifying. The “Charrúa” would say goodbye in the second round with 0-2 against Colombia.
Ricardo Gareca did it: after 36 years, Peru qualified for a World Cup with the 2-0 to New Zealand, with goals from Farfán and Ramos. He suffered from start to finish and obtained the pass in the playoffs after finishing fifth in the South American qualifiers, living an impressive party in the Peruvian country. Then, he could not overcome the first round at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.