Brazil has only beaten Bolivia once in La Paz in the qualifiers

  One of Brazil's best teams in the qualifiers was the one that won the Canarinha's only victory over Bolivia in La Paz. On the road to the 1982 World Cup in Spain, the Brazilians beat the national team 2-1, and after that victory all their visits to the Hernando Siles ended in defeats or draws.

Brazil in 1981 was a constellation of stars under the command of Telé Santana. That group of players included Waldir Pérez, Oscar, Junior, Toninho Cerezo, Zico, Socrates, Reynaldo and Eder. The only one who did not make it in that group was Falcao, who the following year was in the group that failed to win the World Cup organized by the Spaniards.

On the rainy afternoon of February 22, 1981, both teams met in Miraflores. La Verde lined up with Carlos Conrado Jiménez in goal; Juan Carlos Trigo, Edgar Vaca, Edwin Espinoza and Windsor del Llano in defense; Eduardo Angulo, Erwin Romero, Carlos Aragonés and Carlos Borja in midfield; Gastón Taborga and Miguel Aguilar in attack.

"At 3 minutes, Aguilar smashed the ball into the corner of the auriverde goal, but four minutes later Sócrates, on a stroll, opened the scoring. At 27 minutes Aragonés brought Bolivia back to life with a superb header after a corner cross. In the second half Reynaldo, the Brazilian, in the 15th minute put the final numbers. Bolivia insisted tirelessly in a full and hopeful stadium, but it was not to be. 2 to 1 for the three-time champions. That was the end of the Bolivian illusion", recalls Carlos Mesa in the Historia del Fútbol Boliviano portal.

The Canarinha has another victory in the country, it was in 1985 (2-0) when they played against La Verde in Santa Cruz.

 DT FARÍAS HIDES THE ELEVEN OF LA VERDE

César Farías put maximum security at the Hernando Siles stadium to prevent people from seeing the team he has lined up for tomorrow's match against Brazil (19:30), in his farewell as coach of La Verde.

The little that could be seen is that the forward duo is confirmed with Henry vaca and Marcelo Martins. Where there is no light is in the goal with Guillermo Viscarra and Rubén Cordano who were very active, the other doubt is the right wing where Gabriel Villamil or Fran Supayabe could appear. On the other flank Roberto Fernández is immovable. The defense would be Jairo Quinteros, José María Carrasco and José Sagredo. In the middle, Moisés Villarroel, Gabriel Villamil and Ramiro Vaca.