For these Qualifiers towards Qatar 2022 the situation is very tight because after 12 rounds the whole table is tight and there have also been drastic changes that led to firing some coaches. The latest one has been the Argentine Eduardo Berizzo who was resisted by Paraguay but after being defeated they said goodbye to him.
It turns out that with the departure of Eduardo Berizzo, there are already four coaches out of ten national teams who have been removed from their positions due to poor results or not meeting the required expectations. It also happened with Venezuela, Chile, and Colombia. Now Paraguay is added to the list.
The first ones to make drastic changes in their teams were Colombia and Chile, the Portuguese Carlos Queiroz stopped convincing in the Colombian country and in round 4 of the Qualifiers he was fired. Here are his results that explain the reasons:
- Colombia 3-0 Venezuela
- Chile 2-2 Colombia
- Colombia 0-3 Uruguay
- Ecuador 6-1 Colombia
The same thing happened with Reinaldo Rueda in Chile who managed to change things in the country of the 'Lone Star', however, the results in the Qualifiers did not work out and he left after 4 rounds. Here are his results:
- Uruguay 2-1 Chile
- Chile 2-2 Colombia
- Chile 2-0 Peru
- Venezuela 2-1 Chile
Regarding Jose Peseiro, it happened after it was confirmed that he was not receiving his payments on time and several irregularities were found by the Portuguese in Venezuela. There was no improvement in the results either. His departure took place in September 2021 before the match against Peru.
The latest case happened yesterday when, a few hours after being defeated by Bolivia, it was announced in Paraguay that Eduardo Berizzo will no longer continue in the position. The Paraguayans behaved like good visitors but they couldn't handle the high-altitude team and were mocked. Here are the results:
- Paraguay 2-2 Peru
- Venezuela 0-1 Paraguay
- Argentina 1-1 Paraguay
- Paraguay 2-2 Bolivia
- Uruguay 0-0 Paraguay
- Paraguay 0-2 Brazil
- Ecuador 2-0 Paraguay
- Paraguay 1-1 Colombia
- Paraguay 2-1 Venezuela
- Paraguay 0-0 Argentina
- Chile 2-0 Paraguay
- Bolivia 4-0 Paraguay
It is worth noting that in the case of Eduardo Berizzo, after the Copa America, the Paraguayan team only won 1 out of 6 matches. The name of Gustavo Costas sounds strong as a possible replacement.