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South America WC Qualifying



miffy6

Well-known member
Mar 7, 2009
838
One game left, bloody hell it's tight.

Team that finishes in fifth place will play New Zealand in a play-off.

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Final round of fixtures:

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ManOfSussex

We wunt be druv
Apr 11, 2016
14,729
Rape of Hastings, Sussex
That's a shame about Argentina. Playing Ecuador at altitude is never easy either in their next game.
 

Yoda

English & European
One of the many flaws in WC qualifying is the 5th place team gets a second chance

I've never fully understood how the smallest pool of nations can end up having a 50% representation at the finals.

I know it's to do with co-efficiency rankings etc, but with the amount of games they have to play in qualifying alone always puts them at an advantage.
 


AmexRuislip

Trainee Spy 🕵️‍♂️
Feb 2, 2014
33,711
Ruislip
One of the only people I actually like on TS, Tim Vickery is a very informative and intelligent football gent.
This piece for ESPN is quite an interesting read.

Tim Vickery
 


Oct 25, 2003
23,964
south american qualifying does always look brilliant though- ultra competitive, big rivalries, temperamental players, raucous fans- it's got the lot

would love to see Peru qualify as they have a great kit
 

Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,093
Surrey
Two things stand out from that table:
1) Ecuador have completely blown what was obviously a position where they had all but qualified.
2) Peru v Colombia looks like it will be incredible. Both teams have to play to win because if there isn't a winner then there is a good chance they'll both miss out.
 


amexer

Well-known member
Aug 8, 2011
6,142
Far tougher then England,France Spain etc who are almost guarenteed to go through
 

Kinky Gerbil

Im The Scatman
NSC Licker Extraordinaire
Jul 16, 2003
57,763
hassocks
I've never fully understood how the smallest pool of nations can end up having a 50% representation at the finals.

I know it's to do with co-efficiency rankings etc, but with the amount of games they have to play in qualifying alone always puts them at an advantage.



60 percent at the last World Cup.
 

Nixonator

Well-known member
Feb 8, 2016
6,733
Shoreham Beach
I've never fully understood how the smallest pool of nations can end up having a 50% representation at the finals.

I know it's to do with co-efficiency rankings etc, but with the amount of games they have to play in qualifying alone always puts them at an advantage.

There's some fantastic footballing nations in South America, more than the 5 that qualify. I have no love for any of them but you can't deny their quality.

Quite different to Europe where decent nations just walk in, as well as some not so decent ones and a few utterly shithouse ones.
 


Eeyore

Lord Donkey of Queen's Park
NSC Licker Extraordinaire
Apr 5, 2014
23,291
Two things stand out from that table:
1) Ecuador have completely blown what was obviously a position where they had all but qualified.
2) Peru v Colombia looks like it will be incredible. Both teams have to play to win because if there isn't a winner then there is a good chance they'll both miss out.

As long as Peru don't suddenly and strangely implode allowing the Argentinians a free run.....

Mind you, that has never happened before. That 6-0 victory was a proper reflection of Peru's inability.......

:whistle:
 



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