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Internationals

2026 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

SOUTH AMERICA SECTION

6 direct slots available, plus1 play-off slot

Sep 7 – Ciudad del Este

Paraguay 0

Peru 0

Paraguay: Coronel – R. Rojas (Piris 78), Balbuena, G. Gomez, Riveros; Villasanti, Cubas, D. Gomez (Romero 66); Almiron, Avalos (Gonzalez 78), Sosa (M. Rojas 88).

Peru: Gallese – Advincula, Araujo (Corzo 46), Abram, Trauco (Castillo 71); Tapia, Yotun; Polo (Ascues 90), Gonzales (Cartagena 46), Carrillo (Lopez 46); Guerrero. Sent off: Advincula 45.

Sep 7 – Barranquilla

Colombia1 (Borre 46)

Venezuela 0

Colombia: Vargas – Munoz, Mina, Lucumi, Machado; Uribe (Barrios 85), Lerma, J. Arias (James 75); Cuadrado (Carrascal 46), Borre (Duran 75), Diaz (Sinisterra 88).

Venezuela: Romo – Gonzalez, Osorio, Angel, Del Pino (Rosales 78); Jose Martinez, Rincon, Herrera (Josef Martinez 59); Savarino (Soteldo 59), Rondon (Marques 78), Machis (Otero 82).

Sep 7 – Buenos Aires

Argentina1 (Messi 78)

Ecuador 0

Argentina: E. Martinez – Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico; De Paul, Fernandez, Mac Allister (Paredes 77); Messi (Palacios 89), La. Martinez (Alvarez 77), Gonzalez (Di Maria 62).

Ecuador: Galindez – Hurtado (Preciado 81), Torres (Mena 81), Arboleda, Pacho, Estupinan; Cifuentes (Ortiz 68), Gruezo, Caicedo; Plata (Rodriguez 67), Valencia.

Sep 8 – Montevideo

Uruguay 3 (De la Cruz 38, 71 Valverde 45+2)

Chile1 (Vidal 74)

Uruguay: Rochet – Nandez (Mendez 86), S. Caceres, Vina, Piquerez; Valverde, Ugarte, De la Cruz (Carballo 87); Pellistri (B. Rodriguez 71), D. Nunez (Gomez 73), M. Araujo.

Chile: Cortes – Mehssatou (Delgado 67), Medel, Maripan, Suazo; Aravena (Osorio 82), Aranguiz (Vidal 67), Pulgar, Brereton Diaz; M. Nunez (Echeverria 90), Valdes.

Sep 8 – Belem

Brazil 5 (Rodrygo 24, 53, Raphinha 47, Neymar 61, 90+3)

Bolivia1 (Abrego 78)

Brazil: Ederson – Danilo, Marquinhos, Gabriel (Ibanez 84), Lodi (Caio Henrique 71); Guimaraes (Joelinton 71), Casemiro; Raphinha, Neymar, Rodrygo (Jesus 89); Richarlison (Cunha 71).

Bolivia: Viscarra – Medina, Quinteros, Jusino, Suarez, Fernandez (Roca 58); Bejarano (H. Cuellar 58), Villamil, Cespedes (Ursino 58), Arrascaita (J. Cuellar 76); Martins (Abrego 71).

Sep 12 – Maturin

Venezuela 1 (Rondon 90+3 pen)

Paraguay 0

Venezuela: Romo – A. Gonzalez, Osorio, Angel, Navarro (Makoun 90+6); S. Sosa (Savarino 67), Herrera, Jose Martinez (Casseres 67), Soteldo (Chancellor 90+6); Josef Martinez (Cordova 54), Rondon.

Paraguay: Coronel – R. Rojas (Piris 71), Balbuena, G. Gomez, Alonso; Villasanti, Cubas, Ortiz (Sanchez 46); Almiron (Romero 85), Avalos (C. Gonzalez 59), R. Sosa.

Sep 12 – Quito

Ecuador 2(Fe. Torres 45+5, 61)

Uruguay1 (Canobbio 38)

Ecuador: Galindez – Preciado (Hurtado 84), Fe. Torres, Arboleda (Realpe 70), Pacho, Estupinan; Paez (Ortiz 70), Gruezo, Caicedo; Valencia (Rodriguez 90+1), Julio (Mena 70).

Uruguay: Rochet – Nandez, S. Caceres, Vina, Piquerez (M. Olivera 60); Valverde, Ugarte; Canobbio (Pellistri 70), De la Cruz (Carballo 46), M. Araujo (Fa. Torres 70); D. Nunez (C. Olivera 46).

Sep 12 – La Paz

Bolivia 0

Argentina 3 (E. Fernandez 31, Taglifaco 42, Gonzalez 83)

Bolivia: Viscarra – Bejarano, Quinteros, Jusino (Haquin 46), Sagredo (Algaranaz 73), R. Fernandez; Villamil (Villarroel 26), Ursino (H. Cuellar 46), Arrascaita (Saucedo 62); Abrego, Martins.

Sent off: R. Fernandez 39.

Argentina: E. Martinez – Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico; De Paul (Palacios 76), E. Fernandez (A. Correa 87), Mac Allister (Paredes 85); Di Maria, Alvarez (La. Martinez 85), Gonzalez (Garnacho 85).

Sep 12 – Santiago

Chile 0

Colombia 0

Chile: Cortes – Catalan (Delgado 73), Medel, Maripan, Suazo; Echeverria, Pulgar, Vidal (Aranguiz 73); Valdes, A. Sanchez, Brereton Diaz (Aravena 76).

Colombia: Vargas – Munoz, Mina (D. Sanchez 23), Lucumi, Machado; Uribe, Lerma, Carrascal (James 58); J. Arias (Quintero 71), Borre (Duran 58), Diaz (Sinisterra 71).

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