South American champion Uruguay crushed Chile 4-0 with all four goals coming from Luis Suarez, while Lionel Messi's Argentina was held to a 1-1 draw at home by Bolivia in Friday's World Cup qualifiers. Copa America winner Uruguay lead the nine-nation South American group with seven points from three matches, followed by Colombia, which has a game in hand, Argentina, Paraguay and Venezuela. Colombia let three points slip away at home when Venezuela scored a late equalizer for a 1-1 draw, while Paraguay snatched its first win, 2-1 at home to Ecuador. Uruguay's Suarez said it had been hard to contain his emotions after the four-goal performance. “You want to burst into tears, your stomach turns,” he said. The striker came off in the 77th minute to a standing ovation at the Centenario in Montevideo. Suarez has scored 16 for Uruguay, six short of the record held by fellow forward Diego Forlan, who missed the match through injury. Brazilian Romario was the last South American to score four goals in a qualifier, against Venezuela in 2000. Argentina had much more of the ball and by far the greater number of chances but was frustrated by a packed, well-organized Bolivia defense. They also had to fight back from a goal down after Marcelo Martins latched onto an error by defender Martin Demichelis and scored in the 55th minute. Ezequiel Lavezzi grabbed the equalizer in the 59th minute shortly after coming on as a substitute. It was Bolivia's first World Cup qualifying point in Argentina in nine games. Argentina next plays Colombia, which let two points slip from its grasp in a 1-1 draw in Barranquilla with northern neighbor Venezuela.
