

Scroll through the gallery above to see 10 big stars who could miss out on the next World Cupįernando Santos' side will now have to go through the play-offs to qualify for the competition, and if his team is not successful, some of the biggest names in the Premier League would miss the tournament, including Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva. Uruguay will play at Paraguay and Chile and host Venezuela and Peru in its decisive matches of World Cup qualifiers next year.Portugal suffered a major setback earlier this week as their loss to Serbia saw them miss out on the top spot of their qualifying group, which would have given A Selecao an automatic place in the next edition of the global showpiece. Christian Cueva netted the winner in the 65th minute, with Peru goalkeeper Pedro Gallese saving a penalty to keep his team in the lead. Venezuela’s Darwin Machis equalized in the 52nd minute. Gianluca Lapadula opened the scoring for the visitors in the 18th minute. Peru skipped ahead of Uruguay after a 2-1 win at Venezuela, putting Ricardo Gareca’s team momentarily in the fourth position with 17 points. Regardless of its result against Chile, Ecuador, with 20 points, will remain in third position. The two rivals face off later in San Juan. FIFA will decide what to do with the match. Both teams have completed 12 games, one fewer than they should because their encounter in September was suspended after seven minutes due to COVID-19 protocols. He has also won the 2011 Copa America.īrazil leads South American qualifiers with 34 points, six ahead of second place Argentina.


READ | How can Cristiano Ronaldo-led Portugal qualify for FIFA World Cup via European play-offs?ĭuring his second spell with Uruguay, Tabárez took the team to the past three World Cups, including a memorable campaign to the semifinals in South Africa in 2010.
