Argentina wins against Peru, Brazil and Uruguay separate in a draw

During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the rest of this 12th day of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup took place in the South America zone. Beaten by Paraguay in its previous match, Argentina hosted Peru at La Bombonera (Buenos Aires). For this meeting, Lionel Scaloni had chosen to line up the same attacking trio as against the Paraguayans, with Lionel Messi supporting Julian Álvarez and Lautaro Martínez.

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Despite the clear domination ofAlbiceleste in the first period, the Argentinians and Peruvians returned to the locker room with a score of parity and goalless. We had to wait until the 55th minute, a cross from Lionel Messi and, above all, a magnificent volley from Lautaro Martínez to see Argentina open the scoring. This 32nd national goal from the Inter Milan player was enough to bring happiness to the reigning world champions, winners (1-0). With this success, Argentina now has a five-point lead at the top of the standings for these qualifiers. Peru, which has only one victory in 12 matches, is dead last.

General classification WC Qualifiers – South America

Brazil still can't do it, Colombia surprised by Ecuador

In the shock of this evening, Marquinhos' Brazil welcomed Federico Valverde's Uruguay. It was the Real Madrid midfielder who opened the scoring with a heavy strike at the edge of the area (55th). The Brazilians finally came back to score thanks to former Olympique de Marseille player, Gerson (62nd). After Venezuela, the Selection continues a new draw (1-1) and confirms that it is struggling to shine in the game. Brazil is fifth, while the Celeste remains second in these qualifiers.

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In the other matches of this night, James Rodríguez's Colombia experienced its second setback in these qualifying phases, losing against Ecuador (0-1), after another achievement from Enner Valencia (7th). Reduced to ten after the expulsion of Piero Hincapié (34th), The Three (3rd) held on to achieve this prestigious success and pass the Colombians (4th). Finally, Chile won against Venezuela (4-2), thanks to Eduardo Vargas (20th), a CSC from Tomas Rincon (29th) and a double from Lucas Capeda (38th, 47th). Arturo Vidal's teammates currently occupy 9th position, three points from 8th place occupied by their evening opponents.