2023-11-22 04:32:19
This Tuesday the Date 6 of the South American Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, in which Chile lost narrowly 1-0 once morest Ecuador at the “Rodrigo Paz Delgado” Stadium in Quito, in the debut of its interim coach Nicolás Córdova.
The only one of this commitment was on the part of AÁngel Mena in the 20 minutes of playin a well-deserved victory for the locals, but once morest all odds in the previous one it was complicated in the final minutes, with very clear chances for La Roja, starring Ben Brereton Díaz, with a shot on the post, and others from Alexis Sánchez, Víctor Dávila and César Pérez.
With this result, the “lone star” was eighth with just five points, outside the qualifying zonemeanwhile, La Tri is fifth with eight points.
On the other hand, in the exclusive match of this qualifying round, Argentina achieved a historic 0-1 victory once morest Brazil at the Maracaná Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, given that for for the first time the “verdeamarelha” fell at home in this tournament.
Nicolás Otamendi was the scorer of this match, in the 63 minutes of playin a match in which the home owners ended up with 10 players, due to the expulsion of Joelinton.
This duel, which left the Albicelestes first with 15 points and the Brazilians sixth with seven, was marked by incidents in the stands in the lead-up, which even caused Lionel Messi to take his Argentine teammates back to the dressing room for several minutes.in the face of insecurity when going out on the field.
Another one that is very on is Uruguay, which, led by Marcelo Bielsa, finished the first third of the Qualifiers in second place with 13 pointsfollowing the 3-0 victory once morest Bolivia, with goals from Darwin Núñez (x2) and one once morest the Bolivian Gabriel Villamil.
Besides, Colombia placed third in the standings thanks to the victory by 0-1 at home to Paraguay, in Asuncionwith a penalty from Rafael Santos Borré in the 11 minutes of play.
Finally, Venezuela is still very excited regarding the idea of qualifying for its first World Cup, since following the sixth round it is fourth with nine pointsaccumulated this Tuesday with the 1-1 draw with Peru in Lima, which was built with goals from Yoshimar Yotún for the home team and Jefferson Savarino for Vinotinto.
Now, this competition will only be played once more in September 2024 (10 months away), an instance in which Chile will have to play, no less, than once morest the visiting world champion Argentina, although with the doubt of whether these will go to count on his coach Lionel Scaloni, who questioned his position following the 1-0 victory once morest “Scratch”.
The results of the sixth date:
Paraguay 0-1 Colombia, Finished. Defensores del Chaco Stadium, Asunción.
0-1: 11′ Rafael Santos Borré, from penalty (COL)
1-0: 20′ Ángel Mena
1-0: 15′ Darwin Núñez (URU); 2-0: 39′ Gabriel Villamil, Autogol (URU); 3-0: 71′ Darwin Núñez
0-1: 63′ Nicolás Otamendi (ARG)
1-0: 17′ Yoshimar Yotún (PER); 1-1: 54′ Jefferson Savarino (VEN)
THE BOARD:
1. Argentina 15 points (+5) 2. Uruguay 13 (+8) 3. Colombia 12 (+3) 4. Venezuela 9 (+2) 5. Ecuador* 8 (+2) 6. Brazil 7 (+2) 7. Paraguay 5 (-2)
8. Chile 5 (-4)
9. Bolivia 3 (-10) 10. Peru 2 (-7)
The fixture of the seventh date:
First week of September 2024:
Argentina vs. Chile Brazil vs. Ecuador Uruguay vs. Paraguay Peru vs. Colombia
Bolivia vs. Venezuela
This is how you qualify for the 2026 World Cup
At the end of all the matches, the first six places in the standings qualify directly for the 2026 Soccer World Cup, while the seventh place must play in an intercontinental playoff.
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