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High and Tight in Venezuela
Brazil have qualified, despite their early drama. Argentina can end their drama tonight in Ascunion. Chile and Paraguay are expected to qualify, though a close look at their remaining fixtures suggests their drama may be about to begin. The other usual suspects, Colombia, Ecuador and Uruguay are drifting, clinging to the hope the current with take them to Costa Rica. Bolivia and Peru have time to plot their way to Brazil in 2014. And Venezuela?
As we approach October, it is usual for Venezuelans to be considering which baseball franchise from El Norte to support in the World Series. This year Venezuelans have other balls to juggle. Venezuela showed they got game in Santiago on Saturday night. Check out the highlights above. Watch Jose Manuel Rey continue to give “High and Tight” a whole new meaning in Venezuela.
When the Boot was on the Other Foot
Argentina losing at home to Brazil was not so extraordinary. It had happened before. It was actually more noteworthy when several months earlier Uruguay lost a World Cup qualifier at home to Brazil. That had never happened before.
South American World Cup qualifiers are ultimately predictable affairs, the current Argentine drama notwithstanding. Earlier in the qualifiers, bigger questions hung over Brazil.