Brazil and Argentina seek to close in on leaders Paraguay

MONTEVIDEO: Brazil and Argen­tina will seek to close in on top spot this weekend in Latin American World Cup qualifiers with the samba stars travelling to Venezuela while the albiceleste host neighbouring Uruguay. The two giants, who between them have won seven World Cups, both stand four points behind surprise package Paraguay after eight matches but Brazil will expect to reduce the margin by claiming three points in San Cristobal tomorrow. Olympic champions Argentina will have, on paper at least, a harder task to make short work of a Uruguayan side who, while not comparing to the World Cup-winning vintages of 1930 and 1950, nonetheless stand only a point behind their hosts. A Uruguayan win would vault them to provisional second in the table and, having already dropped home points to the Paraguayans, Argentina €” as well as,... [read full story]