Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2024 i World Soccer

In a footballing landscape resistant to change, the introduction of a new UEFA Champions League format has inevitably invited scepticism. Yet it is worth giving the new format a chance. UEFA’s last major tweak to the club game was the introduction of the Conference League–which, like the Europa League, has also undergone a makeover this year–and that competition has already given plenty of sides a rare moment in the spotlight and this year will be no different. In this issue, we’ve got everything you need to know about the three tournaments, plus plenty more.…

My perception of Duncan Ferguson the footballer was all elbows, headers and hernias–and trouble off the pitch. Reality differs from reputation. Having spent time with Ferguson helping him ghost his life story, I quickly appreciated the humour, humanity and depth of the man. Having also reviewed old Everton matches of his, I was reminded of the deftness as well as power in that left foot. It was a crying shame that Ferguson played only seven times for Scotland because of a much-publicised falling-out with the Scottish FA. Scotland would have had more of a cutting edge against England at Euro ’96 and Brazil at France ’98. Ferguson spoke last year of his Scotland boycott as his “biggest football regret”. Ferguson’s exile made me reflect on Ben White’s decision to…

Football is not such an easy game as many seem to think. Take a very good team and add a very good player and the result is not necessarily an even better team. The European champions Real Madrid bought Kylian Mbappe and Endrick this summer and yet they went into the September international break four points behind Barcelona. There’s no reason to panic. Madrid are good enough and Barcelona chaotic enough that Real will probably still consider themselves favourites to defend their title. They have already won the UEFA Super Cup this season and while draws away to Mallorca and Las Palmas are less than ideal, they’re not disasters. But equally, there will be a recognition that Madrid have to improve on their performances in the first five games of…

“The book is basically closed to him. He knows what I think about this. When you are 26, your main ambition should be sporting, not financial…he could have stayed at Ajax, that’s not bad, is it?”Netherlands boss Ronald Koeman rules out selecting Steven Bergwijn going forward after his move to Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad 4 Matches that Daniel Sousa managed Braga for, before being sacked by the Portuguese side. 5 International matches that Uruguay’s Darwin Nunez has been banned for after confronting Colombia fans in the stands at the Copa America. 7 African nations that Tom Saintfiet has led after the Belgian coach left Philippines to take charge of Mali–Gambia, Togo, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Namibia are the others. 3 League games that Andrea Pirlo managed Sampdoria for this season…

When Larne owner Kenny Bruce took over in 2017, European football was nothing more than a distant dream with the club rooted near the bottom of Northern Ireland’s second tier and equally struggling off the pitch. Now, that dream is a reality after they became the first Northern Irish club to reach the group phase of a European competition. Supporters at Inver Park had never seen their team win the NIFL Premiership before 2022-23, but they have now won it back-to-back. The most recent title brought about a meeting with Latvian side RFS in the Champions League first qualifying round. Although they were beaten 7-0 on aggregate, the heavy defeat didn’t dampen spirits, especially as Larne had a bye to the Conference League third qualifying round. There, they met Ballkani,…

One of the trends of the latest transfer window was that of increased spending by Brazilian clubs–a consequence of greater financial power, in part a result of the new business model that some clubs have adopted in the past three years. The giant clubs have spent the last few years trying to bring back Brazilians from Europe either towards the end of their careers or whose moves across the Atlantic haven’t worked. This extended to other South Americans–Flamengo’s signing of Southampton’s Carlos Alcaraz shows they can compete for younger players–and Europeans, although Corinthians’ signing of Memphis Depay comes across as the desperation of a big club fighting relegation. Sao Paulo’s signing of Newcastle’sJamal Lewis would seem more the product of curiosity, a type of “let’s see if this works” transfer.…

The voice on the other end of the line was familiar, friendly and gave absolutely no indication of why they were calling. It was Sven-Goran Eriksson, who should have been preparing for the imminent Euro 2004, but was phoning me for some reason instead. The conversation meandered, all very civilised, like tea with a distant relative–we may even have touched on the weather–before finally alighting on something more substantial, namely media coverage of England’s qualifying campaign for Portugal. It slowly dawned on me that I was being gently chided by Eriksson over my critical coverage in the Daily Telegraph of his dalliance with Chelsea when he should have been focusing on England. As rollickings go, it was like being savaged by a feather boa rather than a boa constrictor. I’ve…

ARSENAL Time to deliver Last season, their first Champions League campaign in seven long years, the Gunners would have been satisfied with a last-eight terminus, albeit with an unmistakable sense of regret that they did not do themselves justice in the quarter-final loss to Bayern Munich. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta can only hope that his charges have fully absorbed the lessons from that 3-2 aggregate loss to the Bavarians: the costly moments of defensive inattention and lack of conviction going forward, an altogether rare occurrence for the North Londoners. When Bayern upped the tempo and intensity in the second half of the second leg at the Allianz Arena, Arsenal’s response was surprisingly flat considering the high stakes at play. Arteta suggested after the match that his side still had to…

GIRONA After the exodus What a shame that Girona’s stellar efforts of last season, qualifying for their first-ever Champions League expedition via a totally unexpected third-place in La Liga, promptly segued into a mass exodus of influential players. Ukraine striker Artem Dovbyk, the top scorer in La Liga last term with 24 goals, left for Roma, much-underrated midfielder Aleix Garcia signed for Leverkusen, Manchester City snapped up dribbling maestro Savinho, on-loan right-back Yan Couto ended up at Dortmund, while another loanee, centre-back Eric Garcia, returned to mother club Barcelona. The hope is that long-serving director of sport Quique Carcel continues to sniff out quality at bargain prices. His recruits for 2024-25 include former Spain U21 striker Abel Ruiz (ex-Braga), Colombian winger Yaser Asprilla (Watford), Dutch flyer Arnaut Danjuma (Villarreal), North…

“Congratulations, Harry. Is this a special moment in your career? Yes, I feel good, I’m playing for one of the best clubs in the world, I feel physically and mentally at the top of my game so I hope to have many more years to score plenty of goals, give plenty of assists and win many more games. I’m excited for where I am this season. There’s a new energy in the building at Bayern and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can achieve this season. How long did it take to recover from England’s defeat in the Euro 2024 final? When you lose a final like that it can take years to stop thinking about it, but at a certain point you start thinking about the new season…

2024-25 TEAMS Aguilas Doradas Alianza America de Cali Atletico Bucaramanga Atletico Nacional Boyaca Chico Deportes Tolima Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pasto Deportivo Pereira Envigado Fortaleza Independiente Medellin Jaguares Junior La Equidad Millonarios Once Caldas Patriotas Santa Fe CATEGORIA PRIMERA A–A BRIEF HISTORY Formed in1948, Colombia’s professional league was arguably the strongest in the world in the “El Dorado” period of1949-53. By illegally poaching players, clubs seduced stars–most famously Alfredo Di Stefano–with fat signing-on fees to play in the pirate league. Three decades later, the league had its second controversial moment in the sun. Under the grip of ruthless drug barons, stars arrived, stadiums were filled and rivalries were forged between the country’s big three: America de Cali, Millonarios and Atletico Nacional, with the latter becoming the first Colombian club to win…

The 2024 Leagues Cup saw another marker added to the timeline of Columbus Crew’s development under head coach Wilfried Nancy, further cementing their status as one of the top teams in the Americas. In the process, the Crew contributed a wider narrative to this year’s Leagues Cup that was otherwise missing from this contentious new tournament that pits MLS against Liga MX. Nancy’s team added this trophy to the MLS Cup they won last year and their CONCACAF Champions Cup final appearance in June. It also confirmed Cucho Hernandez as one of the region’s standout players. He scored twice and assisted a third in a man-of-the-match performance in the final against Los Angeles FC, after which he was also named the tournament’s best player. Last year’s Leagues Cup was the…

EUROPE 2024-25 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Third Qualifying Round–Champions Path Aug 6-7: Qarabag (Aze)1-2 Ludogorets (Bul); Sparta Prague (Cze)1-1 FCSB (Rou); Malmo (Swe) 2-2 PAOK (Gre); Midtjylland (Den) 2-0 Ferencvaros (Hun); Slovan Bratislava (Svk) 2-0 APOEL (Cyp); Jagiellonia Bialystok (Pol) 0-1 Bodo/Glimt (Nor)  Aug 13: Ludogorets (Bul) 2-7 Qarabag (Aze) (agg 4-8, AET); FCSB (Rou) 2-3 Sparta Prague (Cze) (agg 3-4); PAOK (Gre) 3-4 Malmo (Swe) (agg 5-6, AET); Ferencvaros (Hun)1-1 Midtjylland (Den) (agg1-3); APOEL (Cyp) 0-0 Slovan Bratislava (Svk) (agg 0-2); Bodo/Glimt (Nor) 4-1Jagiellonia Bialystok (Pol) (agg 5-1) Third Qualifying Round–League Path Aug 6-7: Lille (Fra) 2-1 Fenerbahce (Tur); Dynamo Kyiv (Ukr)1-1 Rangers (Sco); Red Bull Salzburg (Aut) 2-1 Twente (Ned); Slavia Prague (Cze) 3-1 Union Saint-Gilloise (Bel) Aug 13: Union Saint-Gilloise (Bel) 0-1 Slavia Prague (Cze) (agg1-4); Fenerbahce (Tur)1-1 Lille…

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Either by design or happy coincidence, the nominees for the 2024 Ballon d’Or were announced by UEFA and French publisher Groupe Amaury on the precise 69th anniversary of the first match in what was the European Champions Cup between Sporting and Partizan Belgrade. A golden thread runs all the way from one event to the other. On September 4,1955, the first goal was scored by Sporting’s Joao Baptista Martins in front of a 30,000-strong crowd in the Estadio Nacional during a tempestuous 3-3 draw. Partizan won the return 5-2 and went through on aggregate. Coincidentally, neither club were national champions; entries in that inaugural season were by invitation. The genesis of what is now the Champions League bears exploration. In December1954 Gabriel Hanot, the old French international who’d become football…

Jeremia RECOBA (Nacional, Uruguay) The son of Alvaro Recoba, the left-footed forward who scored11 goals in 69 games for Uruguay and won two Serie A titles with Inter, Jeremia has a big name to live up to. Any hopes he may have had of avoiding comparisons with his old man were rendered impossible by the fact that it was Recoba senior who gave the youngster his professional debut. After Alvaro was promoted from Nacional’s reserves to manage the first team in February, father and son made their debuts in the same game. The fact that Jeremia has continued to play a key role in the team despite Alvaro being sacked in July indicates that this was a fully deserved ascension to first-team football rather than a case of nepotism. The…

“We laughed, we cried and we knew we were saying goodbye. Sven, thank you for always being the person you have always been–passionate, caring, calm and a true gentleman”Ex-England captain David Beckham on his final meeting with Sven-Goran Eriksson Sven-Goran ERIKSSON (1948-2024) After ending his playing career at the age of 27, Eriksson quickly made his name as a manager by sensationally leading IFK Goteburg to the UEFA Cup in 1981-82. That proved the start of a trophy-laden jet-setting career that took him to Benfica, Roma, Fiorentina, back to Benfica, Sampdoria and Lazio, before becoming the England manager in 2001. In five years, he led the Three Lions at three major tournaments–the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and Euro 2004, reaching the quarter-finals of each. In an era defined by…

The New Saints have also become the first team from their league to make the group stage of a UEFA competition, joining Larne in the inaugural league phase of the Conference League. The Welsh champions, who last term enjoyed an undefeated league season, overcame Panevezys by seeing out a goalless second leg at Park Hall following a 3-0 victory in Lithuania. TNS had competed in qualifying for both the other UEFA club competitions this summer, losing in the Champions League to Ferencvaros before being narrowly ousted in the Europa League by Moldovan champions Petrocub. Despite being record16-time Welsh champions, and thus regular European qualifying participants, TNS had never before managed to successfully reach the main stages of a competition. Wales’ biggest clubs, Cardiff City, Swansea City and Wrexham, have all…

After 143 caps and a record 69 goals for Uruguay, Luis Suarez played his final game for his country in a 2026 World Cup qualifier versus Paraguay in September. The 37-year-old played the entirety of the 0-0 draw, and almost signed off in style with an acrobatic volley that thumped the post, after receiving a hero’s reception before the game. A compilation of his best moments in a blue shirt was screened inside the Estadio Centenario, as the striker tearfully watched on with his family, with a plaque dedicated to him unveiled at the side of the pitch. “It’s a personal decision, totally understandable,” said Uruguay boss Marcelo Bielsa of Suarez’s retirement. In an emotional pre-match press conference, in which Suarez fought back tears, he described the 2011 Copa America…

Welcome to the brave new world of the 33rd edition of the UEFA Champions League, the extensively revamped meeting place for Europe’s top clubs. A competition with more participants (36 instead of 32), more games (an increase from125 to189), hopefully more fan appeal and, let’s whisper it, greater big-shot solidarity. After coming to the conclusion that the old first-phase format of eight groups of four teams had passed its sell-by date, a new, revolutionary process will be the order of the day, with all 36 clubs competing in one initial league for the right to progress to the springtime knockout rounds. In this brand-new Swiss-system league, each club will play eight games, split evenly between home and away fixtures, against eight different teams. To determine one’s opponents, teams were ranked…

ATLETICO MADRID Back to Simeone basics Clearly dissatisfied with fourth place in last season’s La Liga–the first time they have slipped out of the top three in Diego Simeone’s13 years as coach–the Colchoneros spent the off-season splashing the cash on reinforcements and releasing a number of big earners. High-profile strikers Alvaro Morata and Memphis Depay both left; Spain centre-back Robin Le Normand was lured away from Real Sociedad, while the attack was boosted by two new faces at considerable expense: Norway striker Alexander Sorloth, who enjoyed the best season of his career with Villarreal last term, and Argentine Julian Alvarez, who left the Etihad for the Metropolitano in a whopping €95 million deal. In a classic Simeone move, energetic Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher also arrived–to be instantly nicknamed “pitbull”. One…

LILLE Never say die Les Dogues are a hard team to kill off. In both qualifying ties, against Fenerbahce and Slavia Prague, there were moments when they were hanging on for dear life, only to rally and eventually prevail. This ability to suffer and still come out on top is an admirable quality and it’s no coincidence that just one other French club (Monaco back in 2016-17) has managed to clear the dual hurdles of the Champions League third qualifying round and play-offs. In the early stages of the season, few French sides have played as well as Lille. Strong in ball retention, effective in their pressing and able to carve out openings at will, they have a lot going for them. But they also have their faults. In the…

“You had a frustrating end to your time in England with an injury at Burnley. How did the move to Charlotte come about? I obviously had the injury and I was close to calling it a day. I’d had enough. I was fed up with English football and the injury just topped it off. I got halfway through my rehabilitation and I was finding it really hard. The physio who worked with me was incredible, he kept me going. Towards the end of rehab, just as I was coming back to play for Burnley, this opportunity came about. I didn’t even know where Charlotte was, but I jumped at it and it’s been the best decision of my life, I’m not afraid to say it. Had you considered a move…

The champions of Europe’s top five leagues each retained their title last season, which is unhealthy given a sense of jeopardy is at the core of any sport. However, three of those title-holders have new coaches this campaign, and while no one expects Barcelona to be deposed any time soon there may be changes elsewhere as Lyon and Chelsea adjust to new management. At Barca, continuity is the theme with Pere Romeu stepping up from assistant to replace Jonatan Giraldez, now at Washington Spirit. The “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” principle looks likely to apply on the pitch too with minimal squad changes. Veteran right-back Lucy Bronze has returned to England, joining Chelsea, winger Mariona Caldentey left for Arsenal, and goalkeeper Sandra Panos has gone to Club America…

For yet another season, the all-conquering dynasty that is Al Ahly came out tops in Egypt and indeed in the African continent, sweeping all before them despite an extraordinarily lengthy and exhausting campaign. The Cairo giants won the African Champions League in May but only finished their domestic season in mid-August, taking the Egyptian Premier League title by six points from runners-up Pyramids. It was their 44th title, 30 more than their arch-rivals and nearest historical challengers Zamalek who have won 14 championships. Having needed to catch up on their fixture list after many of their league games were postponed–as they were successfully defending their African title and because of the Africa Cup of Nations finals inJanuary–Al Ahly put together a record-breaking winning run of 21 league matches from the…

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Ipswich Town v Bolton Wanderers 1999-2000 Division One play-off semi-final second leg Earlier this year, Ipswich won promotion to the Premier League for the first time since winning the play-offs in 2000. Their semi-final clash with Bolton that season was a classic–and the Tractor Boys’ Dutch winger Reuser was at the heart of it… “I joined Ipswich on loan from Ajax in March, just a couple of months before this game. The move happened quickly. When George Burley called and said: ‘We need you to help us get promoted to the Premier League’, I decided to go. Two days later, I was on the plane. Ipswich had been trying to win promotion for a few years. Once I got there, the players, the fans and the press made me aware…

In all my 30+ years covering England, the player who performed at the most consistently high level was Ashley Cole and yet he is rarely celebrated as one of his country’s greatest. It was really only when Cole (and Frank Lampard) were involved in the Wembley honouring of Harry Kane joining England’s100 club in September that many people realised that Cole was himself a centurion and sixth on the list of appearance makers. Placed between Sir Bobby Charlton and Bobby Moore, Cole walks with giants. Anyone compiling an all-time England or Premier League XI would include him at left-back. He’s up with the best left-backs of all time, perhaps not in the top echelon with Paolo Maldini, Roberto Carlos, Nilton Santos, Paul Breitner, Giacinto Facchetti and Ruud Krol, but certainly…

BRIAN MOORE SAVED OUR SUNDAYS By Matt Eastley (Pitch Publishing, £14.99) Brian Moore Saved Our Sundays is a nostalgic romp through the golden age of regional televised football when the voices of Brian Moore, Hugh Johns, Gerald Sinstadt, Gerry Harrison and others narrated football highlights on tailor-made shows from around the country. This book is packed with interviews and riveting anecdotes, including memories of golden goals, fun-spots, theme tunes and viewers’ letters. LIONS IN THE WILDERNESS By Clive Hetherington and Joe Hetherington (Pitch Publishing, £18.99) Lions in the Wilderness traces the travails of the England team during the ’70s, a decade that saw the end of their reign as world champions, momentous managerial upheavals and the Three Lions’ failure to appear in another major finals until1980. On the plus side, there was…

“Unfortunately, following the events with the coach and after much reflection, I have decided not to return to the Belgian national team under his management”Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois announces that he will not play for Belgium while Domenico Tedesco is coach Source: The Guardian David NERES It feels a long time ago now that Neres played a key role in Ajax’s shock run to the semi-finals of the 2018-19 Champions League with knockout-round goals against Juventus and Real Madrid. Since then, his career has been marked by bad luck. After injuries saw him slip down the pecking order at the Amsterdam club, he joined Shakhtar Donetsk in January 2022, just weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He never kicked a ball for the Donbas side and joined Benfica that…

Noah’s qualification for the inaugural league phase of the 2024-25 UEFA Conference League is a rapid ascent for a club founded just seven years ago. Originally known as FC Artsakh–the Armenian word for the former breakaway state of Nagorno-Karabakh, which was invaded by Azerbaijan last year–the club was based out of Armenia’s capital Yerevan. In 2019, the club changed its name to FC Noah after being bought by former politician Karen Abrahamyan and shifted grounds to share with Alashkert. Noah won the Armenian Cup in 2020 to qualify for a maiden European adventure, which ended in the first qualifying round of the Europa League. At one point, the club’s website listed the founder and owner as Bagrat Gazaryan, who worked at Russian construction group Summa. Roman Gevorkyan then became the…

While Saleh Al Shehri and Salem Al Dawsari took the headlines as they scored the goals that gave Saudi Arabia that famous win over Argentina at the 2022 World Cup, many felt that Saud Abdulhamid was the standout star. There were rumours thatJuventus were interested, but in August the right-back–who can play further up the pitch too–got his big move. It wasn’t to Turin but to the Italian capital where Roma reportedly paid around €3 million for the 25-year-old. Being replaced at Al Hilal by Joao Cancelo is a point of pride, but the bigger deal is that the Jeddah-born international has done something that few of his compatriots have managed: moved to a top European league. It is an ambition that the player has had for a while. With…

The 2023-24 European campaign produced a string of surprising high While unbeaten Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen rightly attracted most plaudits in Germany, almost as impressive. In Spain, Girona earned automatic Champions League qualification in only their fourth-ever top-flight campaign, while Bologna finished fifth in Serie A and unfashionable Brest ended third in Ligue 1. To put their achievements into context, the quartet have all played in their respective countries’ second tiers in the past decade. Bologna last graced Serie B in 2014-15, while Brest climbed out of Ligue 2 in 2018-19. Stuttgart finished second in the 2019-20 2. Bundesliga, with Girona playing at the second level of the Spanish pyramid as recently as 2021-22. All four clubs earned automatic qualification for the expanded Champions League, being rewarded with trips to…

BAYER LEVERKUSEN Another Alonso masterclass? In the ambitious world of Leverkusen’s brilliant young boss Xabi Alonso, football is all about the next frontier. So much for the sensational achievements of last season–the first Bundesliga title in the club’s history and going unbeaten in the process; the DFB-Pokal Cup win and a silver medal in the Europa League–what matters to the Spanish boss is building on that incredible platform, not complacently sitting back and basking in past glories. Motivation certainly won’t be a problem in Europe this term. Leverkusen have not qualified for the knockout phase of the Champions League since 2016-17 (beaten in the last16 by Atletico Madrid) and all at the BayArena will be champing at the bit to go even further and become an elite continental outfit. Their…

Tuesday, September 17 Juventus v PSV (5.45pm) Young Boys v Aston Villa (5.45pm) Bayern Munich v Dinamo Zagreb (8pm) Milan v Liverpool (8pm) Real Madrid v Stuttgart (8pm) Sporting v Lille (8pm) Wednesday, September 18 Bologna v Shakhtar Donetsk (5.45pm) Sparta Prague v Red Bull Salzburg (5.45pm) Celtic v Slovan Bratislava (8pm) Club Brugge v Borussia Dortmund (8pm) Manchester City v Internazionale (8pm) Paris Saint-Germain v Girona (8pm) Thursday, September 19 Feyenoord v Bayer Leverkusen (5.45pm) Red Star Belgrade v Benfica (5.45pm) Atalanta v Arsenal (8pm) Atletico Madrid v RB Leipzig (8pm) Brest v Sturm Graz (8pm) Monaco v Barcelona (8pm) Tuesday, October 1 Red Bull Salzburg v Brest (5.45pm) Stuttgart v Sparta Prague (5.45pm) Arsenal v Paris Saint-Germain (8pm) Barcelona v Young Boys (8pm) Bayer Leverkusen v Milan (8pm)…

When Lee Carsley named his first squad as England’s interim manager in late August, there were several new faces included and, in particular, one surprise name. But for anyone who witnessed Angel Gomes’ vast talents as he made his way through Manchester United’s academy as a teenager, the only surprise back then would’ve been that his first senior international call-up would take so long to arrive. The son of a former Portugal Under-21 international, and godson to ex-United winger Nani, Gomes signed for the Red Devils at the age of six. He consistently stood out as the top prospect in every age category through which he progressed until, aged just16 years and 263 days, he became the youngest player to debut for the club since Duncan Edwards in1953. Standing just…

As Canada’s impressive Copa America campaign–in which they defied the odds to reach the semi-finals–drew to a close, both head coach Jesse Marsch and talismanic Porto midfielder Stephen Eustaquio referenced how important the Canadian Premier League (CPL) can be for the national team ahead of co-hosting the 2026 World Cup. There is also the feeling that the excitement surrounding 2026 can help the CPL, and York United are potentially the embodiment of that on and off the pitch right now. Canada co-hosting the World Cup is an opportunity to strengthen the nation’s footballing infrastructure, and York’s new ownership group–fronted by Mexican brothers Eduardo, Ricardo and Miguel Pasquel–is certainly looking to do that for their club as it currently plays at Toronto’s York Lions Stadium–a university ground that hosts Canadian football…

2026 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS SOUTH AMERICA Section ● 6 direct slots available, plus 1 play-off slot Sep 5–El Alto Bolivia 4 (R. Vaca13, Algaranaz 45+5 pen, Terceros 46, Monteiro 89) Venezuela 0 Bolivia: Lampe–Medina, Haquin, Suarez; H. Cuellar, Matheus (Camacho 85), Chavez (Sagredo 46), Fernandez (Paz 75); H. Vaca (Terceros 34), Alganaraz (Monteiro 75), R. Vaca. Venezuela: Romo–Murillo (Machis 46), Ferraresi (Makoun 57), Osorio, Aramburu, Navarro; Segovia, Martinez (Soteldo 46), Pereira (Casseres Jr 58); Cadiz (Andrade 66), Rondon. Sep 5–Buenos Aires Argentina 3 (Mac Allister 48, Alvarez 84, Dybala 90+1) Chile 0 Argentina: E. Martinez–Otamendi, Romero, Li. Martinez (Acuna 79); Molina, De Paul, Mac Allister (Dybala 79), Fernandez, Gonzalez (Lo Celso 51); Alvarez (Castellanos 89), La. Martinez (Garnacho 79). Chile: Arias–Isla, Catalan, Diaz, Galdames (Mena 72); Osorio, Echeverria (Baeza 72),…