while Copa America champions Chile were too good for
Brazil.
A pair of goals in barely a minute stunned Argentina as Ecuador
claimed a remarkable 2-0 victory in World Cup qualifying on
Thursday.
The match appeared to be petering out to a draw in Buenos
Aires until Frickson Erazo and Felipe Caicedo struck with nine
minutes remaining.
Ecuador had chances throughout in the Argentine capital but
they only managed to break the deadlock in the 81st minute,
when centre-back Erazo headed past Sergio Romero.
Caicedo then sealed the three points just seconds later, capping
a swift counter-attacking move with a side-footed effort beyond
Romero as Ecuador triumphed in Argentina for the first time in
their history.
The defeat came as a double blow to Copa America finalists
Argentina - already missing captain Lionel Messi - after losing
Sergio Aguero to an apparent hamstring injury in the 19th
minute.
Aguero was stretchered off the field and replaced by Carlos
Tevez after chasing down Gabriel Achilier.
Copa America champions Chile were also 2-0 victors as World
Cup qualifying kicked off in South America, upstaging Brazil in
Santiago.
Second-half goals from Eduardo Vargas and Alexis Sanchez
inspired Chile on home soil.
Vargas side-footed in a 72nd-minute goal at the Estadio
Nacional Julio Martinez Pradanos in Santiago before Sanchez
sealed it late on for Chile, who claimed just their eighth win in 71
meetings against Brazil and first since 2000.
Colombia and Uruguay were also triumphant on Thursday.
Teo Gutierrez's 36th-minute header and Edwin Cardona's late
strike helped Colombia past Peru 2-0.
Uruguay overcame Bolivia by the same scoreline via goals from
Martin Caceres and Diego Godin.
Paraguay, meanwhile, left it late as Derlis Gonzalez scored with
five minutes remaining in a 1-0 win in Venezuela.
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