Great Brazilian ad for the Brazil v Chile match showing Argentinians practicing the Brazilian national anthem. At the end it reads, the day that they never though would come, it's here. It's all or nothing, for them.
Also, I've said it many times but there is nothing like the national anthems before a big international match. Wales anthem from yesterday's match is amazing:
https://www.si.com/soccer/2017/10/10/world-cup-pots-draw-russia-usa-mexico-seeding So what would it take for the U.S. to rise four spots to Pot 2? All of these things would have to happen: • The U.S. has to beat Trinidad and Tobago. • Argentina or Chile has to miss the World Cup. • Paraguay needs to make the World Cup. • Sweden has to lose to the Netherlands on Tuesday, but by fewer than six goals. Sweden would then need to pull an upset in the UEFA playoffs next month. • Ireland needs to pull an upset in the UEFA playoffs next month. • Greece needs to beat Gibraltar on Tuesday. Greece would then need to pull an upset in the UEFA playoffs next month. • New Zealand needs to pull an upset on the fifth-place South American team in the intercontinental playoffs next month. Here are a few other takeaways from the current World Cup draw seed picture: • As it stands, the U.S. could end up in a World Cup group as difficult as Brazil-France-USA-Serbia, or a group as relatively benign as Russia-Croatia-USA-Saudi Arabia. (Only UEFA can have two teams from the same confederation in a World Cup group, i.e., the U.S. and Mexico can’t be in the same group.) • Mexico is firmly entrenched in Pot 2. • Costa Rica has a more legitimate shot at rising to Pot 2 than the U.S. does. • Denmark fell from Pot 2 to Pot 3 on Monday by tying Romania. • As it stands, Poland, Switzerland and Peru are in Pot 1 ahead of France, Spain, England and Italy in Pot 2. The FIFA rankings have always been a little screwy, and it’s no different today. But one thing you can’t say is that they don’t matter. As you can see by the World Cup draw seeding rules, they do matter. Poland in particular has been smart about gaming the rankings system by not playing as many friendlies as other teams. Even if you win friendlies, you’re punished by the rankings calculations for playing in them.
CONMEBOL fix is in. Ecuador manager suspended for tonight's match for altercation with Vidal (didnt think it was bad at all). Just announced, hours before crucial match against Argentina: https://www.ole.com.ar/futbol-inter...inatorias-ecuador-argentina_0_1885011515.html
Peru tie it and move back ahead of Chile. If the Peru score holds and Chiles gets one back I'm not sure what happens as GD and GF would be tied.
Scenes in Peru. Game ends. Colombia celebrating. Peru kind of celebrating as they huddle around phones because the Paraguay game is still live
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