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  brazil have become the first team to qualify for the 2018 world cup  maintaining their proud record as the tournament's only ever-present side with a little help from lionel messi's foul mouth and lightly regarded peru. the five-times champions beat paraguay 3-0 on tuesday for their eighth successive win in the south american qualifying competition. that in itself was not enough to confirm their participation in russia but peru's surprise 2-1 win over uruguay in a later game guaranteed brazil a top-four finish.
article_headline: brazil qualify for 2018 world cup after coutinho and neymar down paraguay