Argentina remains alone at the top thanks to Uruguay, who defeated Colombia

The crazy finish in Montevideo left the table of the South American Qualifiers heading to the World Cup in Mexico, the United States and Canada hotter than ever. Marcelo Bielsa’s team defeated Colombia and that allowed them to catch up with their rival as a guard and also gave a hand to the Argentine National Teamwhich remains at the top of the standings despite the defeat this Thursday in Asunción.

With Argentina’s defeat, the first after starting with a win since the historic loss to Saudi Arabia in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Argentina remained in first place with 22 points. His escort was Colombia (19), that if he won this Friday in Montevideo he would reach the top. However, it was Uruguay (19) the winner and now tied for second place.

Below appears Brazil (17), who dominated the game against Venezuelabut could not go beyond a draw at the Monumental stadium in Maturín. La Vinotinto, for its part, became Bolivia in the table and is now in seventh place and would play in the playoffs.

In turn, the Bolivian national team suffered a painful 4-0 defeat in Guayaquil and today is being left out of the World Cup. Meanwhile, Ecuador He added three important points in his quest to play football’s biggest event again.

This Friday the 11th date of the South American eliminatory with the Pacific classic between Peru (6) and Chile (5), the second to last and the last in the table. They won only one game of the 10 played and are looking to start with the lift.