How is Brazil doing in the World Cup Qualifiers? Going like a train, but may lose something important today

The question of how Brazil is doing in the World Cup Qualifiers can have a simple answer: it is on a roll, but could lose something important today if things go wrong. 

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More specifically, if a series of factors combine and take away one of the greatest achievements of this World Cup Qualifiers from Tite's team.

What is the important loss that Brazil may have in this CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying?

Today, Brazil's national soccer team could lose the leadership of the CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers if a series of factors combine.

For example, if Argentina's national soccer team wins today and they do not score any goals, they would tie Brazil at 36 points, which would have to lose to Paraguay with a score of 3-0 to lose the CONMEBOL leadership by goal difference. 

If a tragedy occurs today and the Brazilian forwards go out with wet powder against Paraguay, they would not only lose the leadership of the competition, they would lose it to their eternal rival in the continent. 

The rivalry between Brazil and Argentina in soccer goes beyond the competition, since in both countries soccer is more than a religion, it is part of the core of the identity of both nations, which have given the world the greatest soccer players. 

And to support this statement we could simply mention Maradona and Pelé, to understand the dimension of what it would mean for the Brazilians to lose the leadership to Lionel Scaloni's team, which even without Messi has passed the World Cup Qualifiers without much difficulty. 

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Brazil has always maintained its dominance over Argentina in the World Cup Qualifiers

In past World Cups in South Africa, Brazil and Russia, the Brazilians have been relentless in demonstrating which is the most powerful national team on the continent. 

For example, in the qualifiers for South Africa 2010, Brazil was the leader of the qualifiers while Argentina was in fourth place, due to a context in which the team could not perform well. 

Later in the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, although the Cariocas were already qualified as hosts, it was never clear which team was better in the competition for a place in the tournament due to the Brazilian hosts' status.

In any case, if there is one thing that is remembered from that World Cup, it was the harsh humiliation that the German national soccer team inflicted on the Brazilians by defeating them in their own World Cup with a painful score of 7-1.

Later for the Russia 2018 World Cup, history would repeat itself and Brazil would come out as the best CONMEBOL team by taking first place, while Argentina struggled to reach the top tournament of nations as third place.   

Therefore, Argentina's national soccer team has a date with history today, if they manage to beat Colombia without conceding a single goal, and if Brazil loses by a landslide against Paraguay.

Will this be the first time in recent World Cups that Brazil loses the lead in the World Cup Qualifiers?