World Soccer

Andre Penner (AP)

Luis Fabiano scored twice to give Brazil a fortuitous 2-1 win over Uruguay in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday after the visitors had taken an early lead and dominated the game.

Sebastian Abreu gave Uruguay an eighth-minute lead before Luis Fabiano equalised in the 44th minute and snatched the winner midway through the second half.

Despite turning the game around in the second half, the crowd continued to boo the home side and Ronaldinho and Robinho both went off to whistles when they were substituted.

“We were making a lot of mistakes and we weren’t playing well, so it’s normal for the crowd to jeer,” said Brazil’s coach Dunga.

Paraguay won 3-0 in Chile to go top of the South American qualifying group and Ecuador, who conceded five goals in each of their last two games, beat Peru 5-1 to pick up their first points.

With four of the 18 rounds of matches played in the 10-team group, Paraguay lead with 10 points followed by Argentina (9), Brazil and Colombia (8), Venezuela (6), Uruguay and Chile (4), Ecuador (3), Peru (2) and Bolivia (1).

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Result Wednesday (21/11):
Ecuador 5 (Walter Ayovi 10, 48, Ivan Kaviedes 24, Edison Mendez 44, 62) Peru 1 (Andres Mendoza 86)
Brazil 2 (Luis Fabiano 44, 65) Uruguay 1 (Sebastian Abreu 8)
Chile 0 Paraguay 3 (Salvador Cabanas 24, Paulo da Silva 45+3, 57)

Tuesday (20/11):
Venezuela 5 (Daniel Arismendi 20, 44, Alejandro Guerra 83, Giancarlo Maldonado 89, 90+1) Bolivia 3 (Marcelo Martins 19, 78 Juan Carlos Arce 27)
Colombia 2 (Ruben Dario Bustos 62, Dayro Moreno 83) Argentina 1 (Lionel Messi 37)
Red card: Carlos Tevez (Argentina) 25

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