La Roja urgently needs to get out of the basement of the Qualifiers. To do this, Ricardo Gareca prepares a formation with two changes.
This Tuesday the 10th date of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cupwhere Chile has the difficult mission of scoring points against Colombia at the beginning of the second round.
La Roja visits the coffee team in the “hell of Barranquilla” with the aim of climbing positions, after those led by Ricardo Gareca were left in a difficult position after the defeat against Brazil and Peru’s victory over Uruguay.
Those results made Chile will be bottom of the Qualifiers with only five points in nine games played, registering the precarious sum of five goals for and 14 goals against.
For its part, Colombia comes from losing undefeated against Bolivia in El Alto, where the highlands won 1-0 at more than 4,000 meters high. Despite this, the Coffee Growers remain in the second place with 16 pointsthree units behind Argentina, which leads the Qualifiers.
At what time and where to watch the Colombia vs Chile match live in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers?
The party of Colombia vs Chile The 2026 World Cup Qualifiers will be played this Tuesday, October 15 at 5:30 p.m. at the Roberto Meléndez Metropolitan Stadium in Barranquilla.
The clash between La Roja and the Cafeteros will be broadcast live on TV open through Chilevisionand on cable through the signal ESPN. While in streamingyou can follow the qualifying duel on Chilevisión.cl and Disney+.
The probable formation of Chile
Ricardo Gareca has only added headaches during these days, in which he suffered loss of Carlos Palacios due to “personal problems”, Esteban Pavez due to pneumonia and Williams Alarcon due to physical discomfort. Given this, the coach of the Chilean National Team decided to call the Defense and Justice midfielder on an emergency basis, Cesar Perez.
Regarding the Chilean starting team that would take the field to face Colombia, there would be two returns: Paulo Díaz and Erick Pulgar.
In this way, Ricardo Gareca prepares training with: Brayan Cortes in the arch; Felipe Loyola, Benjamín Kuscevic, Paulo Díaz and Thomas Galdames (Marcelo Morales) in defense; Erick Pulgar, Rodrigo Echeverría, Darío Osorio, Víctor Dávila and Diego Valdés in the midfield; Eduardo Vargas in the attack.
The formation of Colombia to face Chile in the Qualifiers
For his part, the Colombian coach, Nestor Lorenzowould have in the starting eleven: Camilo Vargas in the arch; Santiago Arias, Davinson Sánchez, Jhon Lucumí and Johan Mojica in defense; Richard Ríos, Jefferson Lerma; Jhon Arias, James Rodríguez and Luis Díaz in midfield; Jhon Jáder Durán (Jhon Córdoba) in front.