Qualifying Qatar 2022: Bolivia revived and thrashed Paraguay

A result that reassures Colombia. Bolivia, who played at home, beat Paraguay at the start of the knockout round on Thursday.

Paraguay was complicated in its fight to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Bolivia, its rival this Thursday, thrashed it in La Paz 4-0, won again and gave a hand to Colombia, one of the direct rivals of the Guaraní team .

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Paraguay had possession, but never found the spaces and opportunities to violate the Bolivian goal. The locals, who came from beating Peru 1-0 also in La Paz, approached the qualifying positions and playoffs to Qatar 2022.

It was Rodrigo Ramallo who opened the scoring in the 21st minute with a strong shot from medium distance, an alternative that Bolivia always uses due to the influence of height on the speed of the ball.

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Paraguay had a chance to tie the game with a penalty in the 27th minute, but Antonio Sanabria failed to convert and Bolivia's morale remained high.

Moises Villarroel at 53 ′, Victor Abrego at 84 ′ and Roberto Fernández at 94 ′ scored the remaining goals of Bolivia in a win that seemed unexpected against a Paraguay that received a hard blow and was reached in points by its rival.

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With this victory, Bolivia was partially located in the seventh box of the table of the qualifying rounds to Qatar 2022 with 12 units, the same as Paraguay, which could not move from the sixth position.

In the next few dates, Bolivia will visit Peru and host Uruguay; while Paraguay will play against Chile in Asunción and against Colombia in Barranquilla.

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