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November 13, 2011, Sunday
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SOUTH American champion Uruguay crushed Chile 4-0 with all four goals coming from Luis Suarez, while Lionel Messi's Argentina was held to a 1-1 draw at home by Bolivia in Friday's World Cup qualifiers.
Copa America winner Uruguay leads the nine-nation South American group with seven points from three matches, followed by Colombia, which has a game in hand, Argentina, Paraguay and Venezuela.
Colombia let three points slip away at home when Venezuela scored a late equalizer for a 1-1 draw, while Paraguay snatched its first win, 2-1 at home to Ecuador.
Uruguay's Suarez said it had been hard to contain his emotions after the four-goal performance.
"You want to burst into tears, your stomach turns," he said. The Liverpool striker came off in the 77th minute to a standing ovation at the Centenario in Montevideo.
Suarez has scored 16 for Uruguay, six short of the record held by fellow forward Diego Forlan, who missed the match through injury. Brazilian Romario was the last South American to score four goals in a qualifier, against Venezuela in 2000.
Chile coach Claudio Borghi, who kicked five players out of his squad for indiscipline in midweek, said the incident was in the past. "The week was not simple but what happened up to this match is history. We're going to talk about how they felt," he told the post-match news conference.
Chile next hosts Paraguay on Tuesday, while Uruguay will play Italy in a friendly in Rome.
Messi, who has no problem scoring for club side Barcelona, must find a way to link up with his Argentina teammates if they are to reach the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.
"We can't let another single point escape us, we're angry because we had chances to score but we were unlucky," a visibly irritated Messi said.
Argentina had to fight back from a goal down after Marcelo Martins latched onto an error by defender Martin Demichelis and scored in the 55th. Ezequiel Lavezzi grabbed the equalizer in the 59th shortly after coming on as a substitute.
Copa America winner Uruguay leads the nine-nation South American group with seven points from three matches, followed by Colombia, which has a game in hand, Argentina, Paraguay and Venezuela.
Colombia let three points slip away at home when Venezuela scored a late equalizer for a 1-1 draw, while Paraguay snatched its first win, 2-1 at home to Ecuador.
Uruguay's Suarez said it had been hard to contain his emotions after the four-goal performance.
"You want to burst into tears, your stomach turns," he said. The Liverpool striker came off in the 77th minute to a standing ovation at the Centenario in Montevideo.
Suarez has scored 16 for Uruguay, six short of the record held by fellow forward Diego Forlan, who missed the match through injury. Brazilian Romario was the last South American to score four goals in a qualifier, against Venezuela in 2000.
Chile coach Claudio Borghi, who kicked five players out of his squad for indiscipline in midweek, said the incident was in the past. "The week was not simple but what happened up to this match is history. We're going to talk about how they felt," he told the post-match news conference.
Chile next hosts Paraguay on Tuesday, while Uruguay will play Italy in a friendly in Rome.
Messi, who has no problem scoring for club side Barcelona, must find a way to link up with his Argentina teammates if they are to reach the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.
"We can't let another single point escape us, we're angry because we had chances to score but we were unlucky," a visibly irritated Messi said.
Argentina had to fight back from a goal down after Marcelo Martins latched onto an error by defender Martin Demichelis and scored in the 55th. Ezequiel Lavezzi grabbed the equalizer in the 59th shortly after coming on as a substitute.
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