Uruguay’s comfortable dominance under Nunes’ leadership, Chile’s continuation of the doldrums and Colombia’s valuable one-two

It may be that interest in the qualifying phase of the 2026 World Cup in the South American zone was brought to the fore by the big match between Brazil and Argentina, both because of the hostility between the two countries and because of the extensive incidents between fans and the police However, there were three other games at the same time.

For her the aura brought over Marcelo Bielsa With the Uruguayan national team, he led the former Latin American powerhouse to amazing performances.

After losing 2-0 to Argentina, which handed the Albiceleste their first defeat in 25 games, it was Bolivia’s turn to give in to their whims Darwin Nunes and his company,

The Liverpool striker scored two of his team’s three goals Final 3:0This puts Uruguay in second place in the standings with 13 points, behind only Argentina, which has collected 15 points.

In another big game of the night in terms of competition and goal interest, Ecuador hosted Chile, with captain Alexis Sanchez’s side still a game away from their strength and introspection within the group taking extra time.

The resignation of Chilean national coach Eduardo Beriso does not seem to have changed the psychology of the players Ecuador won 1-0 with a goal from Angel Menaafter a “rebound” from a shot by the future leader of the national team, Kendri Paes, which “sunk” Chile even further into the scoreboard.

In the game that now opens its 6th matchday Qualifying phase of the 2026 World Cup in the South American zoneColombia scored a valuable brace against Paraguay after Rafael Santos Borres’ penalty equalized 1-0 win in James Rodríguez’s team and thus achieved third place in the overall ranking.

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