The Argentine National Team visits Vinotinto
The Argentine National Team goes one step further in the South American Qualifiers, when this Thursday, from 6 p.m., it visits Venezuela at the Monumental Stadium of Maturín within the framework of the ninth day of the 2026 World Cup qualifying competition that will take place in the United States. Mexico and Venezuela.
Coach Lionel Scaloni faces an atypical double FIFA date, since although he has the great news of the return of Lionel Messi after leaving behind the physical discomfort that led him to miss the last two duels due to the discomfort he had been carrying since the final of In the last Copa América, in contrast, the team suffered countless losses due to injuries and suspensions that will force it to rework the starting team and also the bench.
The Argentine team, tactically led by Scaloni, leads the South American Qualifiers without any problems with 18 points, but faces this match with several casualties already mentioned. However, despite the large number of absences, the Albiceleste will seek to return to the path of victory after the last defeat against Colombia by 1-2 in Barranquilla and will have the objective of adding three points again to get closer – even closer – to the 2026 World Cup.
Previously, before visiting the infernal heat of the Colombian city, the Scaloneta received Chile at the Monumental Stadium and there the procedure was very different: with goals from Mac Allister, Julián Álvarez and Dybala, they beat the trans-Andean team 3-0 and He made the locality count.
For its part, Fernando Batista’s Vinotinto has a great presence in the Qualifiers, holding sixth place in the table, with 10 points and being in the qualifying zone. If he continues his path and continues adding to stay within the first places, he will keep intact the dream of qualifying for a World Cup for the first time. In their last presentation, they drew 0-0 against Uruguay.
The formations of the Argentine and Venezuela National Team
Argentina: Geronimo Rulli; Nahuel Molina, Nicolás Otamendi, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernández, Thiago Almada, Giovani Lo Celso; Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez. DT: Lionel Scaloni.
Venezuela: Rafael Romo; Jon Aramburu, Yordan Osorio, Nahuel Ferraresi, Miguel Navarro, Cristian Cásseres; Eduard Bello, José Martínez, Telasco Segovia; Yefferson Soteldo, Salomón Rondón. DT: Fernando Batista.
Bolivia goes for a new victory at altitude against Colombia
From 5 p.m., at the height in La Paz, the Green will try to extend the streak of victories under the command of Óscar Villegas to break the undefeated record of the Sele, which has just beaten Argentina, the next rival of those from the Altiplano.
Bolivia, eighth in the table, arrives at the FIFA double date in optimal condition. After a terrible start to the Qualifying cycle, the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) decided to change the coach: Argentine Gustavo Costas left the position after the defeats against Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay. In his place, Carlos Zago took over and, although he started with a victory against Peru, the performance did not improve and he was fired after not scoring a point in three group stage matches of the Copa América.
The FBF decided not to continue with the cycle of the Brazilian coach and hired Óscar Villegas, who achieved two consecutive victories (4-0 against Venezuela in La Paz and 2-1 against Chile in Santiago).
For its part, Colombia is the revelation and is the only one undefeated in the Qualifiers. In Lorenzo’s cycle he only lost one game: the Copa América final against Argentina. In the Qualifiers they have four wins -Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina- and equaled four others -Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador and Peru-.
They come from a double qualifying date in which they tied 1-1 in Lima and beat the Albiceleste 2-1, at the Roberto Meléndez Metropolitan Stadium, thus avenging the decisive duel played at the Hard Rock Stadium on July 14.
The formations of Bolivia and Colombia
Bolivia: Guillermo Viscarra; Diego Medina, Marcelo Suárez, Luis Haquín and Luis Paz; Robson Matheus, Héctor Cuellar and Ramiro Vaca; Miguel Terceros, Bruno Miranda and Carmelo Algarañaz. Coach: Oscar Villegas
Colombia: Camilo Vargas; Daniel Muñoz, Yerson Mosquera, Jhon Lucumí, Johan Mojica; Richard Ríos, Jefferson Lerma, Jhon Arias; James Rodríguez, Jhon Durán, Luis Díaz. DT: Néstor Lorenzo.
Ecuador receives Paraguay in Quito
In Quito, there will be Argentine coaches hand in hand: Sebastián Beccacece’s team will face Gustavo Alfaro’s team in search of qualification for the next World Cup. Find out what you need to know about the duel that will begin at 6:00 p.m.
Beccacece took charge of Ecuador after the Copa América, after the departure of Félix Sánchez Bas. The Argentine coach debuted by losing 1-0 with Brazil at the Estadio Major Antônio Couto Pereira, in Curitiba, and beat Peru 1-0 in Quito. It occupies fourth position in the table, and after hosting Paraguay it will visit Uruguay.
Alfaro, who took over in Paraguay after the departures of Guillermo Barros Schelotto and Daniel Garnero, debuted by drawing 0-0 with Uruguay in Montevideo, and then defeated Brazil 1-0 in Asunción. He managed to climb to seventh position in the table, and will be a local to Venezuela on the next day.
The formations of Ecuador and Paraguay
Ecuador: Hernán Galíndez; Piero Hincapié, William Pacho, Félix Torres; Ángelo Preciado, Alan Franco, Moisés Caicedo, Pervis Estupiñán; John Yeboah, Enner Valencia, Jeremy Sarmiento. DT: Sebastián Becacece.
Paraguay: Roberto Fernández; Gustavo Velázquez, Gustavo Gómez, Omar Alderete, Agustín Sández; Damián Bobadilla, Mathias Villasanti, Andrés Cubas, Miguel Almirón; Isidro Pitta, Julio Enciso. DT: Gustavo Alfaro.
Brazil visits Chile with the aim of adding three points
From 9pm in Santiago, the team led by Ricardo Gareca will look for three points that will take them off the bottom of the table and give them hope of continuing to fight to get into the next World Cup. Before them, an irregular Canarinha that will not have Vinicius Jr.
Chile is going through a complex moment in this pre-World Cup cycle, which cost Eduardo Berizzo his job. Gareca took over, and had left a good impression in the friendlies prior to the Copa América – triumph against Albania, defeat against France and victory over Paraguay. However, the Cup came and they fell back into the ghosts of the previous cycle: they lost to Argentina, tied with Peru and Canada, and left without victories or having scored goals.
In the Qualifiers they have only one victory, against Peru on matchday 3, and are coming off three consecutive defeats (Ecuador, Argentina and Bolivia). After receiving Brazil, he will visit Colombia in Barranquilla.
Brazil is also experiencing moments of tension since it has lost 4 of the last 5 matches played in the Qualifiers. After the interim, Fernando Díniz took charge of the Dorival Junior team, who began the cycle with good results on the European tour: victory against England, equality with Spain, victory against Mexico and a draw with the United States.
However, in the Copa América they lost to Uruguay in the quarterfinals, in what was a terrible performance, while in the Qualifiers they beat Ecuador, but they come to the duel against Chile having lost to Paraguay in Asunción. On date 10 it will be Peru’s venue at the Mané Garrincha in Brasilia.
The formations of Chile and Brazil
Ecuador: Brayan Cortés; Felipe Loyola, Benjamín Kuscevic, Guillermo Maripán, Thomas Galdames; Erick Pulgar, Rodrigo Echeverría; Gonzalo Tapia, Carlos Palacios, Víctor Dávila; Eduardo Vargas. DT: Ricardo Gareca.
Brazil: Ederson; Danilo, Marquinhos, Gabriel, Abner, Paquetá, André; Savinho, Rodrygo, Raphinha, Igor Jesús. DT: Dorival Junior.
Fixture for date 9 of the 2026 South American Qualifiers
Thursday October 10
17.00: Bolivia vs. Colombia | DSports and DGO
18.00: Venezuela vs. Argentina | TyC Sports and Telefe
18.00: Ecuador vs. Paraguay | DSports and DGO
21.00: Chile vs. Brasil | TyC Sports
Friday October 11
22.30: Peru vs Uruguay | TyC Sports
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