2023-10-18 03:56:00
Ángel Mena (right) from Ecuador disputes a ball with Wilmar Barrios from Colombia.
Photo: EFE – Julio Estrella
The second window of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, which will take place in the United States, Mexico and Canada, has ended. After the third and fourth dates, the South American path to the World Cup is more or less clear.
The qualifying standings, of course, moved on the double date in October, confirming the good moment of some and the doubts of others.
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For example, Argentina, with four wins out of four possible, has 12 points and is immovable at the top. With perfect walk and score. With a splendid Lionel Messi, who scored both goals in the 2-0 victory against Peru, the world champions are still on their honeymoon.
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Lionel Messi (left) of Argentina celebrates a goal with Enzo Fernández (right).
Photo: EFE – Paolo Aguilar
Below, he has a new guard, as Uruguay delivered the blow of the day and beat Brazil 2-0. A result that dropped the yellow green from second place.
The Brazilians, who are third with seven points, are in a tough patch, with harsh criticism of the national team players and coach Fernando Diniz.
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Fourth, behind Brazil, is the surprising Venezuela, which gave Chile a dance and beat it 3-0 this Tuesday on the fourth date.
How is Colombia doing in the qualifiers?
After the Venezuelans, in fifth position in the 2026 World Cup qualifying table is the Colombian team.
After a goalless draw in Quito on this date, the team led by Argentine Néstor Lorenzo dropped from third place to fifth.
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The Ecuadorians, for their part, are sixth ahead of Paraguay, which added its first victory of the tie by beating Bolivia, last in the table, just 1-0.
Even the Paraguayans, counting the repechage quota, are the South American qualifiers for the World Cup, for now. Chile, eighth, Peru, ninth, and Bolivia are those that are being left out.
This is how the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers table goes after date four
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