News: Sepp Blatter threatens to cut Europe and S. America WC spots in favor of Africa and Asia

If Brazil would have had to play these qualifiers, after their show-of in Copa América and as how they were playing under Mano Meneses, they would have ended battling with Venezuela for 6th place or 7th place, at most. While the 1st to 4th, would be the same teams that ended in those positions and Uruguay, 5th playing Jordan, as how they did, now.
It woul've been the first WC where Brazil wouldn't play.