Argentina, Uruguay net four each in World Cup qualifiers
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October 9, 2011, Sunday
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ARGENTINA lifted the gloom from a poor Copa America by routing Chile 4-1 in its opening 2014 World Cup qualifier on Friday, while Uruguay also scored four to get its campaign off to a good start.
Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat-trick and Lionel Messi ended a 30-month goal drought for his country in competitive internationals, while Uruguay captain Diego Lugano scored twice in a 4-2 home victory over Bolivia.
Striker Paolo Guerrero got a double as Peru beat Paraguay 2-0 in Lima while Ecuador beat Venezuela by the same score in Quito; and Brazil, exempt from qualifying as tournament host, beat Costa Rica 1-0 in a friendly in San Jose.
Argentina got off to a fast start when the defense cleared a poor free kick by Waldo Ponce and Angel Di Maria raced down to the other end where he passed to Higuain to open the scoring in Buenos Aires.
Higuain laid on the 25th-minute second goal for Messi, who had last scored for Argentina in a competitive match against Venezuela in Buenos Aires in March 2009, a 30-month period during which he went goalless in five World Cup matches and four in the Copa America.
Higuain added two more in the second half for his hat-trick and midfielder Matias Fernandez pulled one back on the hour for Chile.
South American champion Uruguay, playing on a cold and rainy evening in Monte Video, ran up a 3-1 halftime lead after a third-minute opener from striker Luis Suarez.
Rudy Cardozo stunned Uruguay with a 17th-minute equalizer before Lugano headed the home side back in front from Diego Forlan's 25th-minute free kick.
Edinson Cavani headed Uruguay's third from Maxi Pereira's cross and Lugano tapped in the fourth in the 71st when goalkeeper Carlos Arias could not hold Forlan's shot.
Marcelo Martins pulled another goal back with a late penalty.
Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat-trick and Lionel Messi ended a 30-month goal drought for his country in competitive internationals, while Uruguay captain Diego Lugano scored twice in a 4-2 home victory over Bolivia.
Striker Paolo Guerrero got a double as Peru beat Paraguay 2-0 in Lima while Ecuador beat Venezuela by the same score in Quito; and Brazil, exempt from qualifying as tournament host, beat Costa Rica 1-0 in a friendly in San Jose.
Argentina got off to a fast start when the defense cleared a poor free kick by Waldo Ponce and Angel Di Maria raced down to the other end where he passed to Higuain to open the scoring in Buenos Aires.
Higuain laid on the 25th-minute second goal for Messi, who had last scored for Argentina in a competitive match against Venezuela in Buenos Aires in March 2009, a 30-month period during which he went goalless in five World Cup matches and four in the Copa America.
Higuain added two more in the second half for his hat-trick and midfielder Matias Fernandez pulled one back on the hour for Chile.
South American champion Uruguay, playing on a cold and rainy evening in Monte Video, ran up a 3-1 halftime lead after a third-minute opener from striker Luis Suarez.
Rudy Cardozo stunned Uruguay with a 17th-minute equalizer before Lugano headed the home side back in front from Diego Forlan's 25th-minute free kick.
Edinson Cavani headed Uruguay's third from Maxi Pereira's cross and Lugano tapped in the fourth in the 71st when goalkeeper Carlos Arias could not hold Forlan's shot.
Marcelo Martins pulled another goal back with a late penalty.
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