Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay all win – Recap and Video Highlights – Saturday, October 10, 2009
The South American region had four 2010 World Cup Qualifying matches on Saturday, October 10, 2009. Here’s a recap and video highlights of all the matches in CONMEBOL (South America) World Cup Qualifying on Saturday, October 10, 2009.
Argentina beats Peru 2-1 – Video Highlights
Argentine moved up to 4th place in the qualification table with goals from Gonzalo Higuain and Martin Palermo. They can clinch an automatic qualification spot with a victory in their last match. Peru is last in the table with no chance of qualifying.
| SCORING SUMMARY | |
| Argentina | Peru |
| Gonzalo Higuaín (47) | Hernan Rengifo (90) |
| Martín Palermo (90) | |
Chile beats Colombia 4-2 – Video Highlights
Chile has goals from four different scorers as they clinched a spot in South Africa while Colombia’s chances are now gone.
| SCORING SUMMARY | |
| Colombia | Chile |
| Arturo Vidal (og 12) | Waldo Ponce (34) |
| Giovanni Moreno (62) | Humberto Suazo (35) |
| Jorge Valdivia (71) | |
| Fabián Orellana (78) | |
Uruguay beats Ecuador 2-1 – Video Highlights
Uruguay came from a 0-1 deficit to score to unanswered goals in the second half to remain 5th in the table. Ecuador still had a chance to qualify but likely needs a win in their last match and other results to go their way.
| SCORING SUMMARY | |
| Ecuador | Uruguay |
| Antonio Valencia (67) | Luis Suárez (68) |
| Diego Martín Forlán (pen 90) | |
Paraguay beats Venezuela 2-1 – Video Highlights
Paraguay had another solid victory as they are tied with Brazil for 1st in the table with 33 points. Venezuela chance’s of qualification are now gone.
| SCORING SUMMARY | |
| Venezuela | Paraguay |
| Alexander Rondón (85) | Salvador Cabañas (55) |
| Oscar Rene Cardozo (79) | |
| October 10, 2009Qualifying Stage Table | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | W | D | L | GS | GA | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
| 1 |  |
Brazil | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 33 | |||
| 2 | |
Paraguay | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 33 | |||
| 3 | |
Chile | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 30 | |||
| 4 |  |
Argentina | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 25 | |||
| 5 | |
Uruguay | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 6 |  |
Ecuador | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 23 | |||
| 7 | |
Venezuela | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 21 | |||
| 8 | |
Colombia | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 20 | |||
| 9 | |
Bolivia | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 23 | -14 | 12 | |||
| 10 | |
Peru | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 26 | -24 | 10 | |||
| Qualifies for World Cup: 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th Play-off with a nation from CONCACAF: 5th |
Globalpost
NewsNow
