James Rodríguez (left), Luis Díaz (Centro) and Richard Ríos, three of the figures of the Colombian National Team.
Photo: EFE – Juan Ignacio Roncoroni
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The penultimate date of the South American qualifiers Rumbo to World Cup 2026 It will be played this Thursday with a vibrant panorama: the last three direct places and the quota to intercontinental repechageobjectives that pursue six selections. Of the ten participants, Chile was already eliminatedwhile Argentina, Ecuador and Brazil secured their classification.
With 24 points, Uruguay and Paraguay They occupy the fourth and fifth position, followed by Colombiasixth with 22, which leave with the best options to seal their ticket if they achieve victories.
Below, Venezuela (7th with 18 points), Bolivia (8th with 17) and Peru (9th with 12) cling to the minimum dream of winning the remainder to stay alive in the fight for the play.
Until the sixteenth day, played on June 10, they have been marked 159 goalswith an average of 1.99 goals per game.
Colombia-Bolivia: for the direct pass and the repechage
Dayro Moreno, That next month he will turn 40, it is the main novelty of the call of Colombia For the match against Bolivia this Thursday in Barranquilla, where the tricolor will seek a triumph to qualify to the 2026 World Cup.
The experienced attacker of the eleven Caldas and top scorer of the South American Cup with eight goals reaches reinforce the scaffolding of Argentine Néstor Lorenzo teamwhich will also have Luis Díazof Bayern Munich, which with seven annotations is the Gunner of the South American Qualifiers.
La Verde, by Oscar Villegas, plays his latest letters for repechage and trusts the contribution of Miguel Thirdwhich is scored by the same six goals as Lionel Messi and one less than Díaz.
Colombia is sixth with 22 points And they will see them on the last day with Venezuela as a visitor, while Bolivia is eighth with 17, one less than the vinotinto that is currently in a playful area, and will receive Brazil five days later in El Alto.
Paraguay-Ecuador: Something big can happen in Asunción
Twenty -four points against 25. The appointment of the fifth selection against the second of the qualifiers. The World Cup dream only a triumph to end an absence of 16 years against the satisfaction of an already fulfilled mission.
Thus, the quotation parameters at the Defensores del Chaco stadium between the selections of Paraguay and Ecuador, distanced in the classification by a single point, were summarized, although the Tri sealed its visa to the 2026 World Cup in the previous day and The Albirroja expects to do it this Thursday.
The stories of the Argentines Gustavo Alfaro and Sebastián Beccacece They were born with the sign of success in Paraguay and Ecuador on September 5, 2024.
A year later, Alfaro treasures six wins, four draws and a defeat and scholarship four wins, five draws and one fall. Both coaches, whose families are neighbors in Buenos Aires, were already found in the qualifiers with a goalless draw in Quito. This Thursday the place is urgent to win or win '.
If Paraguay defeats Ecuador and loses Venezuela, seventh classified with 18, then Alfaro's pupils will have an insured quota in the World Cup, a Experience that Paraguay lived for the last time in South Africa 2010.
Brazil wants more and Chile makes blur and new account
10 points from the top of Argentina, its most lugged rival in football, La Canarinhait arrives at the penultimate day with the mission of straightening on the end an irregular campaign that left the coaches Fernando Diniz and Dorival Júnior and Júnior Dorival and Dorival It precipitated the arrival of Italian Carlo Ancelotti.
The Maracaná stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, will be the theater of events between Brazil, which occupies third place with the same 25 points of Ecuador, in front of the Chilealready eliminated with 10.
The departure of Ricardo Gareca on June 10, after falling to the Bolivia selection 2-0 in El Alto, brought new winds to the Red with the designation of Nicolás Córdova, former nationalized nationalized soccer player who in his first call declared the end of the 'Golden Generation'which had illustrious surnames such as Vidal, Medel, Sánchez, Bravo, Aránguiz, Island and Company.
On the other hand, the provisional coach pleased the defenders of the renewal with the call to young people of good present, such as the one of Lucas Assad at the University of Chile and the return of men who came to excite as Ben Brereton.
Argentina, judge of the aspirations of Venezuela
Argentina, already with the ticket for the next World Cup, leader with 35 points and absolute winner of these qualifiers, has a special motivation to win Venezuela at home: Give a luxury farewell to Lionel Messi, who announced that he will play for the last time with the albiceleste in the country.
In this way, what it intends this Thursday is that the Monumental Stadium of Buenos Aires Albergue An unforgettable party in which you shine especially Messi. The early classification gives those led by Lionel Scaloni the possibility of playing a high -flying football without pressures or media emergencies.
On the contrary, Venezuela, which had always reached these instances eliminated, Visit to the world champion urged of a result that allows him to maintain the illusion of first classifying an absolute World Cup.
Seventh with 18 points, the vinotinto occupies the position that gives him the option of playing the play, but he knows that if he manages to beat Messi's Argentina and also the fate is in his favor with other results, On the last day you could get the quota directly with a victory against Colombia.
Uruguay seeks to seal visa and Peru a miracle
The Uruguay selection, fourth with 24 points (the same as the fifth Paraguay), intends to seal your passport to the US appointment of 2026 at the expense of Peruthat with twelve units cling to a very remote option of repechage.
The Celeste, oriented by the Argentine Marcelo Bielsa, reaches the penultimate date with news in the list of summoned, such as the 21 -year -old youth Kevin Amaro, right side of the Montevidean Liverpool, or that of the left side of the Mexican San Luis Manuel Sanabria.
The Peruvians of Oscar Ibáñez, They depend on winning both Uruguay on Thursday in Montevideo and Paraguay on the 9th in Lima for, With a combination of results, have options to access the repechage, They have as its main news the return to the formation of midfielder Yoshumar Yotún.
One of the bad news for Ibáñez is that it will not be able to against the Renato Tapia creation steering wheel, a recent incorporation of the Emirati Wasl, due to accumulation of yellow cards.
What each selection needs on the penultimate date of the qualifiers
Clasified:
- Argentina (35 pts): Classified as leader.
- Ecuador (25 pts): Clasified.
- Brazil (25 PTS): Clasified.
Uruguay (24 pts, 4º)
- What do you need: A victory against Peru assures direct ticket to the World Cup.
- Yes tied: It could depend on other results, but it would be very close.
Paraguay (24 pts, 5º)
- What do you need: OVERCOME Ecuador in Asunción and wait for a stumbling block from Venezuela.
- If Venezuela wins and loses: Would seal direct classification.
- If you don't win: It can define on the last date against Peru.
Colombia (22 pts, 6º)
- What do you need: Win Bolivia in Barranquilla to classify directly.
- If you tie or lose: It maintains repechage options, but it would depend on other results and the final duel against Venezuela.
Venezuela (18 pts, 7º)
- What do you need:
- Victoria against Argentina: Keep repechage zone and dream of a direct pass.
- If he wins the two games (vs Argentina and vs Colombia): You can even classify direct.
- If you lose in Buenos Aires: Risk of being out of the repechage.
Bolivia (17 pts, 8º)
- What do you need:
- Win in Barranquilla against Colombia To stay alive in the fight for repechage.
- On the last day he receives Brazil at Alto, where he should win again.
- If you lose to Colombia: It is practically without options.
FEM (12 PTS, 9º)
- What do you need:
- Win their last two games (Uruguay in Montevideo and Paraguay in Lima).
- Depend on a combination of results that allows you to achieve repechage.
- Options: Very remote, it depends almost on a miracle.
Eliminated:
- Chile (10 pts): Eliminated.
In summary:
- With victory, Uruguay, Paraguay or Colombia They can secure their direct ticket.
- Venezuela, Bolivia and Peru They must win everything they have left and expect combinations.
- Argentina, Brazil and Ecuador They are already inside, and Chile out.
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