Peru’s Luis Advíncula (left) battles for the ball with Colombia’s Luis Díaz (center) on Friday.
Photo: EFE – Paolo Aguilar
Peru surprised Colombia on Friday in a new round of the South American Qualifiersthe restart of Conmebol’s qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
While many expected an easy victory for the national team in their visit to Lima, The Peruvians had a hard time selling their defeat and made things difficult for a Colombian team that did not look so solvent. as in other games.
The match ended 1-1, after the home team opened the scoring in the 68th minute, through Alexander Callens, and Colombia tied the match with a great goal from Luis Díaz, 10 minutes before the end of the game.
Video: Luis Díaz’s goal that saved Colombia’s draw against Peru
This is how the qualifying table looks after the seventh round
Colombia, with its draw, missed the opportunity to climb to second place in the table, after the draw in the previous round between Uruguay and Paraguay by 0-0.
With the new point added in Lima, The Colombian team, however, remains third in the qualifiers, with 13 points. Up top, in second place, are the Uruguayans, with one more unit.
The leader remains Argentina, who beat Chile 3-0 at the start of the match, reached 18 points.
Brazil, which had been struggling, came back on this date after defeating Ecuador 1-0. The same thing that Bolivia did, by beating Venezuela 4-0.
*In the table, Ecuador appears with fewer points than it has added due to the Conmebol sanction.
The matches of the next round in the qualifiers
After the draw against Peru this Friday in Lima, Colombia is already thinking about the game against Argentina, which will be on Tuesday in Barranquilla, for the eighth date of the Conmebol qualifiers.
The day will open with this duel, which will be at 3:30 in the afternoon, at the Metropolitan Stadium in the capital of the Atlantic. Caracol will broadcast Gol.
Afterwards, Ecuador will host Peru, at the same time that Chile will host Bolivia (4:00 pm). Venezuela, for its part, will host Uruguay, at 5:00 pm, and The date closes with Brazil, who will visit Paraguay. That match will be at 7:30 p.m.
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