Brazil Qualified for FIFA World Cup 2010 by Defeating Argentina

Brazil defeated arch rival Argentina 3-1 in an exciting world cup qualifying game on Saturday. With this victory, Brazil has ensured their place in the world cup 2010 with three matches left at hand. Argentina, however, has to do very well in the coming three games. Argentina is still in the fourth position 22 points from 15 games as fifth placed Ecuador lost to Columbia on the same day. Brazil has 30 points from 15 games.

Argentina started off very well in the game and dominated the visiting side in the first 20 minutes. Brazil opened scoring against the tide of the game in the 24^th minute when defender Luisao headed a long free-kick into goal. The goal came as a shock to the home team and their supporters. Their shock doubled just 6 minutes later when Luís Fabiano scored his 8^th goal in the qualifying competition. That means, Brazil took a 2-0 lead within 30 minutes, even though Argentina dominated the game throughout the first half. They had more chances in the match, but could not convert those into goal. Brazil also had some good chances towards the end of the first half.

Argentina started the second half in the same fashion. In fact, the home side was in more attacking mode in the second half. Argentina finally got a goal thanks to Datolo who defeated Brazilian goalkeeper by a long-range fiery shot. However, Brazil took only 2 minutes to make their lead again into 2 goals as Fabiano scored his second goal of the match. The striker received a pass from Kaka from the midfield and then slotted it over the Argentina goalkeeper into the post.

Both Brazil and Argentina had a number of chances later on, but neither side could capitalize on it. In the 72^nd minute, Brazil got a scoring chance, but failed to convert it successfully. Then just a minute later, Argentina missed perhaps one of the easiest chances of the game as the player failed to beat the Brazil goalkeeper in a one-to-one situation. Then in the 76^th minute, Dani Alves had an excellent free kick then went just wide off the target.

Overall, Argentina was clearly better side in the game, but the problem is that they lost a number of scoring chances throughout the game. Brazil, on the other hand, converted their chances and got the result in their favor.

Argentina and Brazil Match Live Updates: 5 September 2009

Argentina (1) vs Brazil (3)

Brazil has qualified for World Cup 2010 in South Afirca with this victory, while Argentina has to depend on their performnace in the coming matches.

93 minutes: Brazil won the match 3-1 as the final whistle came.

90 minutes: Messi free kick did not cause any problem for Brazil.

89 minutes: Another corner for Argentina, Veron took it, but was deflected by a Brazilian player.

87 minutes: Corner for Argentina, well taken, but the Brazilian keper was alert.

84 minutes: Argenitn had an attack, then Brazil went on a counter attack. Now, Ramires showen yellow card.

80 minutes: Argentina had a very good attack, but the shot went wide off the target.

77 minutes: Adriano came in, Fabiano went out.

76 minutes: Dani Alves took an excellent free kick that went just wide off the bar.

73 minutes: Argentina missed perhaps the best chance of the second half. How he failed to beat the Brazil keeper in one to one situation!

70 minutes: Corner for Brazil.

67 minutes: Fabiano scored anotehr excellent goal as Brazil is leading 3-1 now.

65 minutes: Argentina scored as Datolo fired an excellent shot.

64 minutes: Fabiano's long range shot threatened Argentine defense, but it went wide off the tartget.

62 minutes: Veron was cautioned.

60 minutes: Argentina is trying to create chances, but Brazilian defense looks more resiliant now.

57 minutes: Free kick for Argentina. Veron took the free kick, but was cleared by Brazialn defender. Another threatening attack from Argentina.

54 minutes: Argentina is now on attack.

52 minutes: Argentina got a corner, Veron took it, but nothing happend. Another good attack from the home side.

50 minutes: Free kick for Brazil, but cleared by Argentine defense.

48 minutes: A good attack from Argentina and got a corner, but it was later on cleared by the Brazilian defenders. Brazil then had an attack.

46 minutes: Second half started just now. Argentina changed a player. Rodrigez went out, Aguero came in.

The match will resume very soon.

Dear readers, it is now half time in the match. Argentina played better, but Brazil scored. Now, let us see what hapens in the second half. We will be back when the second half starts.

45+2 minutes: First half finished as Brazil is leaing 2-0 in the match.

45+1 minutes: Brazil is now on attack, but lost the possession.

44 minutes: Fabiano shown yellow card for tackling Messi illegally.

42 minutes: Brazil got a free kick; Javier Mascherano was shown yellow card. Another thereating attack from Brazil. This time the keeper saved Argentina.

40 minutes: Free kick for Argentina; Rodrigez's free kick could not earn anything for the home side.

38 minutes: A therating attack from Argentina. Maxi Rodrigez's shot was blocked by Brazil keeper.

36 minutes: Argentina is trying to make organized attack.

33 minutes: Free kick for Argentina and Luisao was shown yellow card.

30 minutes: Brazil scored the second goal as Luis Fabiano fried for the visiting side.

29 minutes: Free kick for Brazil.

26 minutes: Argentina got a free kick; Veron took it and it looked threatening.

24 minutes: A rare attack from Brazil as they got a free kick and It is a GOAL! Luisao scored the goal against the tide of the match.

20 minutes: Kaka was shown a yellow card.

18 minutes: A 'Messi Magic' looked impending, but nothing happened in the end.

15 minutes: Argentina got a free kick from outside the box, but it reflected in the human wall.

12 minutes: Messi had a threating shot, but it went off the target.

10 minutes: Another attack from Argentina. The home side controled the first 10 minutes of the game.

8 minutes: Brazil finally had an attack and corner for Brazil, but nothing happened in the end.

6 minutes: Brazil has not made any organized attack yet.

3 minutes: Another good attack from Argentina, but was offside. Argentina is in firm control of the match.

0 minute: The match started just now. Argentina in the first attack.

10 minutes left now.

You need to wait just 20 minutes now.

Just 30 minutes left now. So, do not go anywhere.

Dear readers, just 50 minutes left before the start of the match.

An exciting world cup qualifying match between Argentina and Brazil is going to take place today (5 September 2009) in Argentina. The two big rivals will take on each other in their attempt to clinch their place in the world cup 2010 tournament which will be held in South Africa.

The match kicks off at 21:30 (local time) in Argentina. However, the date and timing is different from region to region. According to Indian time, the match starts at 06:00 am on 6 September. GMT timing is 00:30am on 6 September.

Here, in this entry, we will be giving you live updates of the match when the match starts. So, be with us and enjoy the updates of the match.

Argentina vs Brazil World Cup 2010 Qualifier: Time and Venue

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Argentina and Brazil Match Live Updates: 5 September 2009

You perhaps already know that another Argentina vs Brazil match is going to take place and this world cup qualifying match is now the most attractive event to the football fans across the world. They are the two arch rivals in football and whenever they face each other, it becomes a big occasion in world football. The upcoming match, which will take place on 5 September 2009, is important for both Brazil and Argentina for points. Brazil is currently leading the point table with 27 points, while Argentina is in the fourth position with 22 points. So, a victory over Brazil would be a confidence booster for the Maradona boys. For Brazil, a defeat to Argentina might affect to their confidence level, but their qualification possibility would not come under any threat. Now, let me tell you about the time and venue of the much-anticipating match of the world cup qualifying round:

Time

The match between Argentina and Brazil will take place at 21:30 local time (UTC-3) on 5 September 2009 (Saturday). According to GMT, the match will start at 00:30 am (ultimately it becomes 6 September). The match kicks off at 5:30 am on 6 September.

Venue

The match will be held at the Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, a stadium located in Rosario, Argentina. Rosario Central football team uses this stadium as its home ground. The ground has a long history in world football. Built in 1929, the stadium went through three phases of renovation dated in 1957, 1963 and 1968. Then the stadium was modernized during 1974 and 1978 ahead of the 1978 world cup during which the stadium held three second round matches of Argentina. Gigante stadium has a capacity of 41,654 people, but not all of them have seating arrangement.

Argentina vs Brazil Live on Sky and Super Sports TV Channels: World Cup Qualifying 2010

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Argentina and Brazil Match Live Updates: 5 September 2009

Football fans are now very much excited with the upcoming world cup qualifying game between Argentina and Brazil on Saturday (5 September 2009). Millions of fans are waiting to watch the match live on television. Whenever Brazil and Argentina face each other, it becomes a big occasion in the football world. This time the match is more important because both Brazil and Argentina are trying to clinch their place in the world cup 2010.

Brazil has almost secured their spot as they lead the point table with 27 points, 5 points ahead of Argentina who are currently in the fourth position of the table. Another victory for Brazil would definitely take them on the verge of getting into next year’s world cup football in South Africa. On the other hand, Argentina, who lost 2 of their last 2 games, can hardly afford to suffer another defeat. In fact, another defeat would take Argentina very close to miss out on a top four position, and if so, they have to go through a play-off with the fourth-placed team of North American zone.

So, there are a lot of things at stake around the match. A number of television channels are going to telecast the match live for their viewers. Here, I am giving a list of TV channels that will bring the live action of the match for the football fans:

Super Sports 5

Super Sports is an Africa-based sports network which has a number of tv channels dedicated to different sports. The Argentina vs Brazil game will be live telecast on Super Sports 5, and thus, football fans from Africa would be bale to watch this game very easily. This is a free-to-air channel. So, you do not need to spend any money to get the service.

The problem is that Super Sports could not yet make a strong presence in Asia, even though the channel has been very popular within a short period of time in South Asia. Here, the main problem is that many countries do not allow Super Sports to telecast their programs because of the objections from other pay-channels. As Super Sports is a free-to-air channel, people naturally turn to this channel, and thus, other pay-channels suffer. However, the good thing is that Super Sports has a number of tv channels and cover wide-range of sports, and this is where lies the advantage of Super Sports.

Sky Sports 1

Sky Sports 1 TV channel will show the match live between two arch rivals: Brazil and Argentina- in Britain and some other European counties. You perhaps know that Sky Sports is one of the most popular sports channel in Europe and the channel has millions of subscribers. Naturally, many people in Europe would be bale to watch the match on Sky Sports 1 channel.

The surprising (also disappointing) thing is that I did not find any TV Channel which is going to telecast the match live in South Asia where people get divided in two groups whenever Brazil and Argentina play against each other. I think, FIFA should have taken this matter into account because FIFA is trying to increase the popularity of the game all across the world, and Asia, specially South Asia, could be a lucrative market for football in the years to come. Football is always one of the top sports in this region and in the recent past, craze of football has been fueled up in South Asia mainly because of English Premier League.

Anyway, if any of you know which channel would telecast the match in South Asia, you can share it in the comment section with us and our readers.

Argentina vs Brazil World Cup Qualifier 2010: Argentina Squad

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Argentina and Brazil Match Live Updates: 5 September 2009

Another breath-taking clash between two arch-rivals of football Argentina and Brazil is coming up. Argentina is going to host Brazil in a very important world cup qualifying match of South American region on 5 September. Argentine coach Diego Maradona has announced 25-men squad for the upcoming two qualifying games against Brazil and Paraguay.

There are some surprise inclusions in the squad. First of all, 35-year-old striker Martin Palermo was called up after 9 years. He last represented Argentina in a world cup qualifying game against Chile in 2000. Getting a recall to the national side after so many years is really some unexpected and surprising. So, no doubt, Palermo is now eagerly waiting to get a place in the final eleven, at least in either of the upcoming qualifiers. The interesting thing is that Palermo received a call up, while Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuain failed to manage a place in the 25-man squad.

Maradona had first announced the 19 members of the squad who are currently playing in European leagues, and then added 6 local players including Rolando Schiavi and Rodrigo Brana to make it 25. Argentina has some injury concerns too. The home side will most probably miss the services of Diego Milito, Nicolas Burdisso and Sebastian Battaglia who are currently struggling with their respective injuries.

Here, I am giving the 25-man Argentina squad for the world cup qualifiers against Brazil and Paraguay from ESPN:

Argentina squad: Juan Pablo Carrizo (Zaragoza), Mariano Andujar (Catania), Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar); Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan), Nicolas Pareja (Espanyol), Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle), Gabriel Heinze (Marseille), Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan), Sebastian Dominguez, Emiliano Papa, Nicolas Otamendi (all Velez Sarsfield), Rolando Schiavi (Newell's Old Boys); Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Maxi Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid), Jesus Datolo (Napoli), Juan Sebastian Veron and Rodrigo Brana (Estudiantes), Mario Bolatti (Huracan), Sebastian Battaglia (Boca Juniors); Carlos Tevez (Manchester City), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Diego Milito (Inter Milan), Lisandro Lopez (Lyon), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli), Eduardo Salvio (Lanus), Martin Palermo (Boca Juniors).