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Dolores Ochoa (AP)
Kaka produced another superb strike to help Brazil draw 1-1 away to Peru in Sunday’s World Cup qualifiers.
Kaka scored with a 30-metre shot which dipped and swerved away from Peru goalkeeper Diego Penny to give the five-times world champions a halftime lead in Lima before Juan Vargas equalised in the second half.
Brazil could have secured all three points with the last move of the game but Juan’s header from a Ronaldinho free kick crashed against the crossbar.
“Our performance was very good in the first half but we dropped off in the second, when we lost a lot of balls in the midfield and they were able to hit us on the break,” said Brazil coach Dunga.
Argentina, helped by a majestic Juan Roman Riquelme performance, maintained their perfect record.
Riquelme scored two second half goals, including an exquisite free kick, in a 3-0 win over Bolivia which left Argentina with nine points from three games in the South American group.
They are followed by Paraguay (7 points), Brazil and Colombia (5), Uruguay and Chile (4), Venezuela (3), Bolivia and Peru (2) and Ecuador (0).
The top four teams qualify directly for the 2010 finals in South Africa and the fifth plays off against the fourth-placed team from the CONCACAF region.
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