 Staying with football on the sports-max zone, the second round of fixtures in the ever-competitive Conman Ball World Cup qualifiers concluded on Tuesday. Let's look at the details. OK, so we had Argentina overcoming Bolivia 3-0, a 2-1 win for Ecuador vs Uruguay. No goals in that match between Chile and Colombia. Brazil 1-0 win over Peru and one goal for Venezuela to overcome Paraguay. How does the table look now? Brazil at the top of the table on six points. Argentina in second also on six points. Colombia they played, they've had one win, one draw so far. No losses. A total of four points. Uruguay in fourth position on three points. Venezuela in fifth spot on three points. And then Paraguay, Peru and Chile all have one point each. And Ecuador and Bolivia 9-10. No points just yet. Well we discussed Argentina's performance on Tuesday's show. Today we zone in on Brazil's effort with our South American football correspondent Juan G. Arango. Juan Brazil didn't look too impressive to me. How did you see it? I agree with you. I don't see them. They weren't impressive but it was to be expected as Lima has been a difficult place for them as Peru have been a very difficult rival for them in the recent years in the work of qualifying play. All that being said you go in and you see that Peru towards the last few minutes of the match they kind of fell asleep. They kind of felt satisfied with being able to get a point off of Brazil but then all of a sudden Marquinhos comes in and steals the three from the Bicolor. Again it's not just them not looking impressive. It's Brazil finding a way. It's individuals being able to step up in certain moments and get the moment of recognition or the play of distinction that ends up being the difference maker so far in this world cup qualifying. Mariah. Yeah and you speak about individuals and it's fitting at this point that I mentioned Neymar who we expected to be very sharp and I understand that he recently had an ankle surgery you know that ankle injury so you know many may say we're being very harsh but from the quality that we expect from a player like Neymar I felt as if he wasn't as sharp as the Brazilians and the football loving public would like. Well keep in mind he hasn't played much since the month of March so that's another thing we have to be looking at when you look at the overall play of Neymar you know what you're going to get with him. The national team games are the first games that he's had since the month of March remember he hasn't played yet over in the Saudi League he hasn't played obviously ever since he left PSG so that that does show a little bit but with time and with a philosophy that many of the players are not only understanding but now liking that's very important because that ends up being a talking point for many in Brazil whether they want to keep Fernando Dini's a little bit longer or they end up not needing Garangelo at one point or another that would be a topic of discussion in the next couple of months. We see a Brazil side that is starting to understand a different facet of play not only that maybe you start seeing it as a return to the roots of what Brazil was circa Telesantana maybe a little bit more from a philosophical standpoint. Yeah another player that I want to sing aloud to one is Ray Charleston ending these few games without a goal it appears as if he too is struggling the one opportunity that he got was a missed chance. What did you make of you know his your assessment of his performance. Charleston is interesting because now I mean it's not me saying it's him also saying it say he needs to not only change the form that he has he also needs to change the mindset he was talking and there was just a couple of quotes that came out in the Brazilian press afterwards saying hey you know what maybe I need to start looking at myself and seeing what I need to do as a professional especially after the season a very tumultuous season he had in several instances where he was the focal point of several controversies and sometimes even needlessly he ends up being that the focal point and he needs to get away from that he said look I'm going to go look at a psychologist I'm going to look to see if I can get a mental coach to be able to help me out and make me a sharper player so I guess maybe it's not just awesome what we were reserving I guess like you and everyone else has also said hey you know he doesn't look too sharp he also sees that he's not too sharp and I think that that's probably the best way to look for things going forward. Yeah Juan I just have one quick question going back to Neymar because he's 31 years old now and there was an issue apparently he was infuriated with the referee going into the halftime break is there an issue you think about his maturity he's not a young player anymore and he seems to be offset by things that happen on the field sometimes that that would affect his game and I'm not sure if that's done to maturity or what. I think it's more of a frustration because I mean look whether you like him or not whether you think that he that he wants to center of attention all the time or not if there's one thing that you look throughout the years with Neymar is that he as a player has been one of the most foul players in European football that there that's in undeniable I mean his style of play the way he plays end up kind of lending themselves to be that and maybe in the heat of the moment you do lose that it doesn't mean that you're mature and as you end up kind of losing that aspect of it and then trying to find in a round where in South American football refereeing has been questioned and questioned severely especially if you go look at the Uruguay Ecuador match you start to have a lot of aspects questioned about referees and that's yet another one that that players are looking at in terms of Neymar yeah he always wants to be able to get that upper hand he always has to look for that competitiveness and he alongside many of his former teammates at Barcelona one in particular has already learned that it's not just playing on the pitch it's also playing outside of it and being able to control things and being able to say things that end up really getting influence going his way. Yeah well another big result was Marcelo Biel says Uruguay falling to Ecuador to one Ecuador giving a debut to Kendrick Pines is the youngest player ever one what did you make of his debut and Ecuador's win. There's a reason why Chelsea want him for all the right reasons I mean at least at least if you look at him in the long term if you look at him in the short term I don't know how much of a how much of a contributor he can be for Chelsea but for the national team yet another gem that comes through the nucleus of Ecuador instead of getting older ends up getting younger and you see players coming down the pike and you start seeing players that have been left aside Leo Campana played a world now at Inter Miami he didn't get called up so it's interesting to see that dynamic as well as you see other players coming through and of course a player that seems to not ever get old and enter Valencia one of the best moments of his career over international in Porto Alegre coming in and also be stepping up and playing well I'm not saying scoring goals he's creating chances and being there for his team but obviously the star that ends up taking all the lights is Felix Torres with his double yeah and you know many people describing that matchup as a tale of two halves you know the team that started off good of course didn't finish good do you agree with that description yes and and I mean the thing that everybody's talking about is what was called there towards the end when Facundo Torres basically gets almost knocked out by by the Ecuadorian goalkeeper and the referee calls a foul or something he does in VR even comes back and says I mean I mean look at look at the replay lens look at the replay Mariah of that play and you're like how did they come up with that conclusion yeah and that's been the biggest talking point in in in Uruguay in particular they're talking about those are and some bios been a referee that's been criticized quite often not only in South American qualifiers not only a libertadores but also in the Brazilian now as well where he's made some very very suspicious and sometimes it's cruel to say but sometimes even in net calls from a refereeing standpoint but that aside Ecuador were the better team overall and they carried that over from their very good performance against Argentina despite losing yeah and Uruguay now they have a tough schedule coming up they have teams like Colombia and Brazil do you see them making it I mean look in terms of the odds they got much better you know when you have six teams out of 10 advancing you have the 17 going into a playoff it's very difficult to say that Uruguay is not going to make the World Cup especially after two rounds they played relatively well Marcelo Bielsa has been able to hone in a certain inkling of a philosophy he even said look I haven't done anything the players have been able to work very hard they only had one practice going into there the magic and Chile so so let's just say you know just to say things the way they are so when it comes to that and as time ends up having Marcelo Bielsa work with this nucleus of players with this group of players you'll end up seeing the team that's much better and keep in mind we're only more about a little less than what two two and a half years away from the World Cup but at the same time we're also six of actually like seven eight months away from the Copa America yeah well one as always we enjoy your input on the show and we'll be linking up with you again soon to discuss of course this football and any other football that we need to and like I told you if you think that Jamaica is bad look at Paraguay yeah we'll do Paraguayan fans would love to have a Jamaican team right now I can tell you that without it without a hesitation or without stuttering thanks for that one we'll chat again soon all right take care bye bye the one year angle they are a football correspondent we're coming up on the show at the track on the Sportsmax zone the St. Lucian apprentice Aaron Daniel aces the Ricky Griffith Memorial race in Barbados plus of the latest from Jamaica and a massive stakes win for Barbadian trainer Safi Joseph Jr. at Kentucky Downs on at the track presentation Thursday you won't want to miss