Paraguay achieved its second consecutive victory by defeating the leader Argentina and Uruguay He regained his smile, after four games without a win, by securing a gritty victory on Friday against Colombia, which he moved from second place.
In the eleventh day of the South American qualifiers, Brazil did not beat Venezuela, Ecuador beat Bolivia and Peru and Chile drew goalless at the end of the day.
0-0. Peru none, Chile none
Peru and Chile, fighting for the penultimate and last places in the qualifying round, tied without goals at the end of the day, in a match where they showed the necessary arguments to occupy the basement of a competition where the both teams only have one match won and some new records were broken.
The 7 points of those led by Jorge Fossati and the 6 of La Roja by Ricardo Gareca or the three goals scored by Blanquirroja in 11 games indicate that little will happen in the match, and even the presence of Arturo Vidal did not give any additional emotions.
Only the possibility of Peru winning in penalty time could change history, after Brazilian judge Wilton Sampaio sanctioned a foul in the Chilean six-yard box, which VAR ruled out due to a previous offside.
On the twelfth day of the draw this Tuesday, Peru will visit leaders Argentina and Chile will host Venezuela.
3-2. Uruguay changed face and defeated Colombia
La Celeste ended Colombia’s fun party in Montevideo that Juan Fernando Quintero started with a fine goal from a free kick in the first half. First, in three minutes of turbulence that left two points between the 57th and 60th, one of Dávinson Sánchez’s own goals and the dry shot of debutant Rodrigo Aguirre.
And when Colombia did the most difficult thing, by tying it 2-2 with Carlos Gómez’s goal in the 96th, Uruguay’s victory came through pure pride in the lack of concentration of the visitor’s defense led by Manuel Ugarte to celebrate in the 101st minute and put the final 3-2.
The initial panorama of the match, which led the Cafeteros to reach Argentina on top, changed drastically and brought back a breath of fresh air to the troubled Marcelo Bielsa.
2-1. Paraguay won and liked it, Argentina looked bad
This Thursday, Paraguay celebrated some positive events that it had the best of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and made it bad, achieved a second straight victory, not losing in five games – the last against Colombia last year. – , scored his fifth and sixth goals to improve on a poor tally of 4 goals scored in 10 games and consolidate himself in sixth place.
Albirroja reached 16 points and retained last place giving a direct place in the World Cup, while the defeat of the Argentine, the third of those led by Lionel Scaloni in the tie, showed a team that never defined Albirroja but still leading by 22 points.
This Tuesday, on the twelfth day, Paraguay will visit Bolivia, third from last with 12 points, in El Alto and Argentina will host Peru.
1-1. Romo, hero of Venezuela and Vini, villain of Brazil
Venezuela and Brazil drew 1-1 in a match where Rafael Romo was the Vinotinto hero by stopping a penalty against Vinícius in the 62nd minute, which could have given Canarinha victory in its visit to Maturín and leave the Real Madrid player as the villain of the match.
With this result, the Venezuelan team finished for the first time unbeaten against Brazil in the same tie, as until this Thursday they had 9 losses in 9 home matches in the tournament.
What worries coach Fernando Batista is that his team has accumulated seven games without a win and with 12 points it remains seventh, a box that gives the option of playing in the play-offs for the 2026 World Cup, while Brazil has 17.
4-0. Bolivia conceded 10 goals in 2 outings
The Ecuadorian team has to find scoring formulas away from the altitude of Quito and this Thursday they made four in the port of Guayaquil that broke Bolivia’s renewal strategy, because in two games they got ten purpose.
La Tri settled 4-0 on Thursday in fifth place in the classification of South American World Cup qualifiers, with the right to a direct quota, and La Verde dropped to eighth or penultimate, outside the 2026 event.
The Ecuadorian victory was achieved by the emblematic Enner Valencia with a penalty, Gonzalo Plata with a double. And Alan Minda put the cherry on top.
Source: La Verdad
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