Lionel Messi scored a hat-rick after Argentina went down to an early Ecuador goal. Photograph: Rodrigo BuendiaAFPGetty Images Uruguay Cheap Adidas Superstar 80S , Argentina and Colombia qualified for next year’s World Cup after a dramatic last round of South American fixtures that also saw Peru clinch a playoff spot against New Zealand and Chile miss out completely.
Brazil were fortunate enough to escape most of the drama, having already qualified as group winners, but they still had a say in who would join them in Russia next year.
Argentina, finalists three years ago but outside the four qualifying spots going into their match in Ecuador, fell behind in the first minute but a Lionel Messi hat-trick guaranteed his side one of the three automatic berths still up for grabs.
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A second-half goal from Paolo Guerrero kept Peru in with a chance of a first World Cup appearance since 1982 when his brilliant free-kick in Lima cancelled out Colombia’s opener from James Rodríguez.
Peru, unbeaten in their last six qualifiers under Argentina manager Ricardo Gareca, failed to secure the win that would have ensured automatic qualification but have the consolation of a home-and-away playoff against Oceania champions New Zealand.
“To be in this position was one of our targets for the qualifiers,” Gareca said after the 1-1 draw. “There are 180 minutes left. We know that it is difficult but we know that it is up to us.”
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“We finished in top spot with a great win against a strong team,” Jesus said. “We were focused.”
The result marks the end of a brilliant run by the Chileans, who won the last two Copa America tournaments in 2015 and 2016 and qualified for the last two World Cups.
“My soul is destroyed,” Arturo Vidal http://www.cheapsuperstarshoessale.com/ , the midfield dynamo who missed the match through suspension, wrote on social media. “Thanks boys, for everything, for all these years together giving our lives in every game.”
Paraguay also missed out after they lost 1-0 at home to bottom side Venezuela when a victory would have seen them clinch the playoff berth instead of Peru.
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The twin deadly bombings were not the first to hit that afflicted neighborhood, but surely were the deadliest. Last month, 30 people were killed in similar bombings in al-Zahra', a home to Syrians of the Alawite minority, to whom the ruling elite in Syria belong.
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Apparently, the first car aimed to draw people to help the wounded, and later two IS suicide bombers detonated themselves among the crowds, a tactic often followed by the terror-designated group.
The death toll in Sayyidah Zaynab kept climbing till reaching 90 casualties and tens of wounded people, many of whom seriously wounded.
The triple bombings in Sayyidah Zaynab are considered the biggest to hit the capital Damascus during the last five years of conflict.
Xinhua reporter at the site saw destruction covering at least ten buildings and around 50 shops on a 100 meter long distance.
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