Topic: CONMEBOL 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (South America) - page 14. (Read 3392 times)

Like I said above "I'm not 100% sure because it's Uruguay, and they know how to play against Argentina"

But in any case, both results were surprising
Argentina is still in first place and lost to a team that is the top 3 in South America, but Brazil lost in qualifying for the first time in its history to Colombia.

I don't know exactly what's going on with the Brazilian team. There's no shortage of good players, the coach is excellent, after all he won the Copa Libertadores last week, he's made some good selections...
There's still something missing from the Brazilian team. Maybe it's the indecision with coach Ancelotti, maybe it's the team's dependence on Neymar...

The next game will be even more difficult against Argentina, and could put Brazil in a very bad position in the table

Wow, the results of the games in this round were results that left me very surprised.

Colombia 2 - 1 Brazil

Before the game started, Brazil was seen as the favorite, mainly because they were coming off a defeat and needed a victory, so with the squad that Brazil has, it was at least expected that they would be able to play a little well and come out with a result. acceptable, something like a draw. During the game, Brazil was dominating the game, but with attacks that did not cause much danger to Colombia's defense, while Colombia, on the few occasions when they caused danger to Brazil's defense, they managed to score 2 goals and won the game. Well, in my opinion, Brazil needs to start thinking about hiring foreign coaches. their team is at a very low level of performance and great things are not expected from them currently

argentina 0 - 2 uruguay

well, this was another game that had a result that left me very surprised, but in this case of Argentina this defeat did not affect their position in the table much, they are still leaders in the table with 12 points and in second place is Uruguay with 10 points. Argentina's next game will be against Brazil, a defeat for Argentina could take them off the top of the table, but given Brazil's poor performance and I saw that Vinicius Jr. he was injured during Brazil's game against Colombia, I don't know if he will be cured to the point of playing against Argentina, but I see Argentina with a good chance of winning this game

Argentina win is paying 1.61, clearly the favorite in bookmakers, but I'm not 100% sure because it's Uruguay, and they know how to play against Argentina
Brazil x Colombia - 2.29 of odds to Brazil, I think I'm going to place this bet, too good in my opinion and Brazil is the favorite here, even playing outside and even with all the problems
Chile victory is paying 1.87 against Paraguay, another good oportunity

Maybe I can put a bet in Brazil and another multiple in Argentina and Chile wins (this one will pay 3.01)

I think your correct answers will be under 2.5.

The only one that I see clearly is the victory of Argentina, that's how I've played it everywhere, even in the BSFL (I think so, lol), by the way Luis Suarez returns.

The other matches have a reserved forecast. In any case, the reality is that we already have the first Brazil Vs Argentina, everyone is invited. Yes, I'm getting ahead of myself, but it's one of those classic confrontations that transcend.

Guys, just to remember, in 2 days there's one more round of qualifying

The matches are:

Bolivia x Peru
Venezuela x Ecuador
Colombia x Brazil
Argentina x Uruguay
Chile x Paraguay

what are your thoughts?
In bold I put my favorites, but after the last 2 rounds of Brazil matches I'm in doubt and the teams can surprise us again, specially Venezuela

Qualification is certainly not in risk, especially as this time there will be six teams qualified, Brazil will certainly be in the top three, but I also think that the national team needs to define the coach urgently, practically all the other teams already have their coaches well defined and are already working for the World Cup, Brazil will be behind in this regard



You can be absolutely sure that a lot of people lost their bets, and those who bet against Brazil won a LOT of money because they were paying very well
I didn't get good results, I lost my bets in this round, but for the next round I'm confident I'll be able to recover my bankroll

For the spectators, the championship is going to be very cool to watch, it's very good when the favorites don't win and different teams get good results, this is good for soccer in general, including for the teams to get more strength and experience to arrive better at the 2026 World Cup

I would be very confident to say most of people who betted on the Venezuela v Brazil match and the Chile v Venezuela match end up losing money. Because, historically the Venezuelan football team has been showed little disciple and small chances when going against more experienced teams like Brazil and Argentina.

I was myself considering whether I should have betted on those matches, but in the end I decided not to, because I was not sure on where to put my money. Still I am happy to see our national team scoring some points and getting closer to the World Cup, it is still very early to celebrate, obviously, there is a long path ahead before we can stand up proud of this new generator of players.
Brazil and Chile could have understimated us during those matches, but they will certainly not do so in the future.

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The short answer, that is why it is the confederation that grants the most places vs the number of national teams that play in it.

Now, that surprise loses strength when you see that the team is Venezuela, because the possible "surprise" candidates to beat Brazil are any of the other 8 teams except Venezuela and Bolivia, but then given what happened with Chile, another great always Conmebol, it's simple, it wasn't even "Luck".

The matches in Conmebol for World Cup qualification are always somewhat unpredictable, I think many of us lost money in these match.

In fact, the current situation is not at all pleasant for Brazilians who follow the Brazilian football team.
With this defeat to Uruguay, Brazil lost its unbeaten run of 37 matches in World Cup qualifiers.
Worse than that, I'm worried about the injury to Neymar, our main player, who if it's really serious with his knee, he could be unable to play for up to 6 months.

But... Brazil still occupies third place on the leaderboard and I don't believe that its classification for the World Cup is at risk.
Brazil urgently needs to define whether Ancelotti will come as coach or whether we will continue with Fernando Diniz, the team needs a technical definition for the direction of the selection.

I couldn't be more proud of Venezuela, they really did very well, it's incredible how they can play at that level, they didn't believe it before, at one point in the BRAZIL game I thought they were going to beat Venezuela At least 5 gfoles were going to put them in, because Brazil beat Bolivia in La Paz (Bolivia where the altitude is impressive and there is a lack of oxygen) and they were able to beat them there, then in Brazil and while at home, well it's something I thought it was almost impossible, but getting a draw in Brazil is considered here as a win, a victory, after that performance they make people have a lot of faith and that same faith was what made them win against Chile, so that's what we We must see, first of all, Venezuela's performance is impressive. Chile has never been beaten like this in the playoffs, because Chile is a very strong country in soccer, so we know that Venezuela did this, because the only rival that looks stronger of everything and that they have come out undefeated, it is Argentina, and that because of the way Messi is playing, it is imporinoanste what the Argentinian has done.

All this is the Exciting thing about the playoffs,  now looking at the sense of things, it seems very strange to me how Brazil has been because Brazil is a team that now has Neymar injured and that is a tolerable loss, he will not be able to be in the elimnatiroias for the November date and basically things when it comes to Basil are strong, because they lost in Uruguay and they have not been able to match Argentina, and I don't understand it well, Brazil has Vinicius, it has Rodrygo, it has many players that they can make a difference and that is something that can be established as something that can practically make a difference, as far as I am concerned I think that things when they are about how to do so that they can equalize them, well it has to be done in the next few Dates , Brazil is not Playing well, I dare say that the technical team is to blame.

I wouldn't say Brazil is in crisis, and I cannot pick out any player to a portion blame for the defeat, it was a team's performance and Uruguay was the better side. Every record at some point is going to be broken and their 37 matches unbeaten run in the CONMEBOL qualifiers since 2015 has come to an end. Though, the game was one of their worst performance as they failed to register a shot on target but there's still 14 more matches to be played. I think they can turn things around and make the cut for the 2026 Fifa world cup as they have never fail to qualify for the Fifa world cup since inception.

What happened to Brazil?  
I'm still trying to figure it out hehehe
Can we officially declare the Brazilian national team in crisis?
What do you think of this situation? Can you find a culprit?

This round was very interesting

• Brazil lost
• Messi played another excelent game
• Venezuela got a win and are starting to believe that qualification for the World Cup is possible
• Argentina and Colombia are the only ones who haven't lost so far
  

and of course, I lost 2 bets in this round 

In a few hours the games will start. Currently, Venezuela, which is playing against Chile, is winning. Venezuela's performance in the last few games has been quite incredible, they had a victory and an important draw because it was achieved in the game against Brazil, and if Venezuela comes away with victory in this game then they will be doing well in terms of points. Now Chile cannot be underestimated either, it will probably be a game in which Venezuela will have to work hard in defense, because the risk of a draw is very high. In any case, may the best team win.

Brazil will play against Uruguay, based on odds, it appears that despite Brazil having a team made up of players who currently play for the best teams in the world, Brazil's performance is inconsistent for the good level of the players they have. They were supposed to at least be able to beat certain opponents easily, but while on paper they are strong, on the field they are weak. It's funny that they play well to the point of putting pressure on their opponents, but they spend a lot of time wasting the many opportunities they have to score a goal and when the opponent has few opportunities, they score a goal.

in the case of this game between Brazil and Uruguay. brazil is lucky because urugay's performance wasn't good in the last 2 games, but because of the past record that urugay is a good team and because brazil's performance in the last 2 games wasn't good, then i wouldn't be surprised if To see another draw in this game, Brazil does not inspire confidence. I'm glad I'm not going to bet on them anymore, after I bet on them in a game with odds of 1.09 and they tied, I started not betting on them anymore

Argentina will play against Peru, which in the last 3 games has not managed to win any game, I see Argentina coming out victorious in this game and they could increase the advantage they have in the table if Brazil loses or draws, but it is strange that even though Peru is in a very bad situation and Argentina with an acceptable performance, even so the odds for Argentina to win are at 1.39, perhaps when they announce the squad that will play the odds value will decrease a lot

Uruguay, who earned a critical point against Colombia, will not have any new absentees due to injury or suspension, while Cristian and Mathias Olivera are expected to return to the starting eleven. While Brazil's unexpected point loss against Venezuela brought criticism, the uncertainty of Casemiro's condition after he left the game with an injury and Gerson may get a chance to play. In addition, Couta may find time at full back in place of Danilo, who is out of the national team camp due to injury. We know that Uruguay always plays differently in the Centenario but Brazil is a team with a higher skill level when Rodrygo, Neymar and Vinicius are on the pitch. My favorite is Brazil and i am sure we'll see more than one goal.

In Brazil it's common to have excellent players but a team that isn't very united and the result is what we see, with irregular games most of the time
Brazil is still very dependent on Neymar and that's a problem when he doesn't play well or is injured


The format of the South American qualifiers is very fair indeed, 2 matches against each team, 1 at home, 1 away, the bests qualify, no difficult or unfair groups


To be fair to Brazil, it's only the beginning of Fernando Diniz's work, but it's still pretty confusing, as Ancelotti is expected to be coach for next season
This could cost Brazil a higher price as they won't be able to have a good preparation time

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These are today's matches
In bold my favorites to win

Venezuela x Chile
Paraguay x Bolivia
Ecuador x Colombia
Uruguay x Brazil
Peru x Argentina

You simply cannot compare the quality of Asian teams with that of South American teams which have quite some World Cup trophies collected while Asian teams have none.Based on this simple fact it is only natural that most slots will be reserved for the South American teams and fewer slots will be reserved for the Asian teams.

This can change of course with the time passing and Asian teams performing better than South American ones but before such thing happens nothing will change with the format for the World Cup qualifiers.

Format qualifier with CONMEBOL zone difference not only with UEFA but also Asian, there are not separated in several group stage with CONMEBOL zone although they have ten national teams participants who will qualify to FIFA World Cup with 6 national team automatically play in World Cup and 7th standings position will get play-off with other continent national teams. Comparison with how many national teams in CONMEBOL zone is not fair with Asian have many national teams but have little slot for qualifying in FIFA World Cup 2026. Not really excited with CONMEBOL round qualifier because finish on 6th standings position has the same valuable with finish on 1st standing who will get the same position qualify to World Cup, maybe FIFA or CONMEBOL confederation should change format of qualifier round to make it more excited.

Yes, currently Brazil's performance is very poor, if their performance continues, they will not be able to get a good place in the World Cup. Brazil has had many experienced players in the past who have strengthened their team a lot and brought their team to a good level. But currently this Brazil is so weak that they are drawing matches against many weaker teams. Brazil scored only one goal in the second half when the World Cup qualifying match between Brazil and Venezuela was held that day. After not being able to score any more goals, Venezuela counter-attacked to equalize 1-1. After that the match was a draw as no more goals were scored. From here it can be estimated how weak Brazil has become. If Brazil's performance does not improve, Brazil will not be able to stand strong in the future.

I really like the fact that CONMEBOL preferring league format in South America instead of unfair group structure in UEFA. Even if there are much less teams that make it more viable/easy to apply league format I think uefa could try it as well (uefa nations league is a joke). I am not expecting big surprise here with Peru and Bolivia here as they are always weakest links in south America. Although Ecuador has rather better squad and can go directly to World cup.

Actually I can say that Brazil has a pretty bad squad at the moment. In the past, Brazil was the favorite to win either the World Cup or Conmebol. But currently, maybe Brazil is still quite strong in South America, but believe me, they are no longer the favorites to win the 2026 World Cup. Seriously, Brazilian football is very bad. I admit they will not run out of unique and talented talents but I am also confused about what problems they have that they perform quite poorly for Brazil's level.