On September 11, Beijing time, in the 8th round of the South American World Preliminary Round, Chile hosted Bolivia, which is the South American "away bug", leaving the plateau home, and the Bolivia team is a proper fish belly. However, no one expected that the Chile team would lose 1-2 at home and cause a super upset.
Although the performance of this World Preliminary Tournament was not good, before that, Chile was unbeaten in 3 home games, 1 win and 2 draws, even against Colombia, ranked 9th in the world, Chile also got 1 point. As of now, Chile is ranked 43rd in the world and Bolivia is 89th, and there is a certain gap between the two teams, plus the advantage of home field, Chile should be able to win.
However, football is round, and sometimes even if the home team leads 1-0 and plays one more player, it will be overturned. What's more, the Chile team also conceded the first goal in this game, and in the 13th minute, the visiting team counterattacked, and Algara Pinch seized the opportunity and successfully knocked on the door of the Chile team. Fortunately, the Chile team was lucky, and soon the Bolivia goalkeeper made a mistake at the back and gave Chile a goal, and the score became 1-1.
Unfortunately, even with a big gift, Chile could not return to the dressing room with a draw. Just before half-time, Bolivia counter-attacked, and Teseros received the ball in the box and fired hard to give the visitors a 2-1 lead.
In the second half, although the Chile team attacked on the field, neither Vargas nor Palacios could save the team, and finally Chile had to lose 1-2 at home. This is the first time since entering the 21st century that Bolivia has beaten Chile away from home, and even more amazingly, Bolivia scored 2 goals in this game, with 2 shots on target, while Chile lost the game with 6 shots on target from 20 shots.
After losing at home, Chile were in a desperate situation, winning one of the first eight rounds of the World Qualifiers and now finishing ninth and second from bottom in the South American World Qualifiers. Although Chile still have hopes of competing for the top six (South America has 6.5 qualifying places), with their form, I am afraid that it will be a bit difficult to qualify in the future.
Today's Chile team is not in the blue, and the soon-to-be 35-year-old Vargas is still struggling in the forward line. Due to the delay of the younger generation, the current Chile team has no successor. In a short period of time, I believe that this South American powerhouse has no hope, and the next time they appear in the World Cup, I don't know how long it will take!