The South American qualifiers for the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup will end on September 11 with the eighth round of matches. In this round, the South American duo Brazil and Argentina both lost away, and the traditional powerhouse Uruguay team also did not win away. In addition, the old powerhouse Chile has suffered five consecutive rounds without a win, and is currently ranked ninth in a relatively unfavorable situation.
World Preliminary South American Standings
At the end of the round, Argentina continued to lead with 18 points, but the lead was narrowed to 2 points by Colombia. However, the World Preliminary Round is not a league championship, and Argentina's loss in this round has little impact. Brazil still accumulated 10 points after the loss and slipped to fifth in the standings, although there are still 10 rounds to come, Brazil really can't be careless, South America has always had miracles.
Colombia won the key battle in this round and ranked second with 16 points; Uruguay, on the other hand, fell to third with 15 points, and the two teams have a relatively large advantage over the 7th place, and the overall situation is relatively stable. Ecuador got three points in this round and moved up to fourth place ahead of Brazil. Ecuador does not have much advantage at the moment, and the subsequent competition will be very fierce, and it will have to be strengthened.
Among the remaining teams, Venezuela is sixth with 10 points, while Paraguay and Bolivia are tied with nine. The South American zone directly qualified for 6 places, and these teams have a direct chance to qualify. Old powerhouse Chile seem to be playing harder and harder, opening up a five-point gap to the top six, but there are still opportunities. Peru was relatively uncompetitive, opening up a seven-point gap to the top six.
Round 8 round-up
Paraguay 1-0 Brazil: In the opening 20th minute, Diego Gómez scored to give Paraguay the lead at home. After that, Brazil launched a fierce attack, but unfortunately Real Madrid's three-striker partnership did not work well, and the substitutions in the second half had little effect, and they were never able to pry open Paraguay's iron bucket. Brazil ended up losing away from home, with a poor record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses.
Venezuela 0 - 0 Uruguay: There were no goals in this game, and Venezuela had a clear advantage in this game, with a clear 20-8 advantage in shots on goal and an 8-2 lead in shots on target. Unfortunately, Venezuela was never able to score, and the two sides eventually shook hands and won 1 point each.
Ecuador 1 - 0 Peru: The game was fiercely contested, with neither side achieving anything in the first half, and the deadlock was broken in the 54th minute when Enner Valencia scored to give Ecuador the lead. After that, the score was not rewritten, and Ecuador won all three points at home.
Chile 1-2 Bolivia: In the 13th minute, Bolivia, who were playing away, dominated the opponents, and Agaranas scored to give his team the lead. In the 39th minute, Eduardo Vargas scored and Chile equalized. In the 45+1st minute, Miglito scored and Bolivia took the lead again. There were no goals in the second half, with Bolivia taking three points away.
Colombia 2 - 1 Argentina: Colombia took the lead in the 25th minute at home in this round with a goal from Mosquera of Wolves. In the 48th minute, Argentina equalized when Nicolás González, who plays for Juventus, scored. In the 60th minute, Colombia won a penalty, and the star of the house, J Ronaldo, scored the penalty, and Colombia won with this goal.