Players of Colombia form this Tuesday, prior to a match for the South American Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup between the selections of Argentina and Colombia at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Photo: EFE – Adan González
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Colombia and Argentina tied 1-1 at the close of date 16 of the World Cup Qualifiers 2026. Although the tricolor made merits to keep the three points, he suffered again in the final minutes and let the triumph at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires.
Néstor Lorenzo's team put an advantage in the 24th minute with a goal of Luis Díaz. The Guajiro, intended by Barcelona, starred in a brilliant play on the left wing: left on the way to several Argentine defenders and defined with category To mark in a historical scenario.
A fact that highlights the feat: Colombia did not notice Argentina as a visitor in qualifiers since 1997When Carlos 'El Pibe' Valderrama signed a 1-1 towards the 1998 World Cup in France.
Colombia showed order, intensity and frustrated the world champion for a good part of the game. Enzo Fernández even hit with a Kevin Castaño kicked in the facereflex of the impotence albiceleste.
However, when the party seemed controlled, Thiago Almada took advantage of defensive deconcentrationHe took out an unstoppable right and signed the draw for Argentina in the final minutes. A repeated story: the tricolor marks again at the close and stretch key points.
Other results of the day
In other results of the day, Bolivia beat Chile 2-0 And he left him out of the World Cup, which caused the departure of the Argentine Ricardo Gareca from the Red bench. Uruguayon the other hand, He defeated Venezuela 2-0 and is close to ensuring its classification. Brazil by Carlo Ancelotti defeated Paraguay 1-0 and Peru partially ties without goals against Ecuador.
With these markers, the standings remained like this: Argentina leads with 35 points; Ecuador and Brazil are 25; Uruguay adds 24; Paraguay appears with 24 too; Colombia remains sixth with 22and Venezuela is seventh with 18. Below are Bolivia (17), Peru (12) and Chile (10).
This was the table of the World Cup Qualifiers 2026
This has been the road to Colombia in the qualifiers table
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