“As in each round of the South American Qualifiers, the coverage of the continental and international press of these last 10 matches of the race toward South Africa has been of massive character, occupying the front pages of each newspaper and specialized. media. Here is a review of what was expressed by the media in the countries of South America.” (CONMEBOL)

Coping with high altitude (BBC – Tim Vickery’s Blog)
“Outside South America there is little recognition of the difficulties of the continent’s World Cup qualification campaign. Carlos Alberto Parreira and Luiz Felipe Scolari are agreed – the pair coached Brazil to World Cup triumph in 1994 and 2002 respectively, and came to the same conclusion. Winning the competition was relatively straightforward. The hard part was qualification. Both of their teams lost in Bolivia.”

Six reasons for Argentina’s 6-1 defeat to Bolivia (Reuters)
“Argentine media allocate dozens of pages to football daily and the country has two 24-hour cable channels almost exclusively dedicated to the sport. Quite often it’s a struggle to fill all that paper and airtime — so much so that one of the TV channels passes away the afternoon with a programme in which the presenters play foot-tennis.”

World Cup Qualifying – CONMEBOL Qualifying Stage Results (ESPN)