Uruguay, Colombia and Paraguay provided places at the World Championship in 2026 in the next round of South American qualifications. The Uruguayans and the Colombians had 3-0 victories on Thursday, and the Paraguayans had an unconditional draw to advance to the global tournament along with already qualified Argentina, Brazil and Ecuador. “It’s a good way to qualify. The offensive team of the team was strong, there were also many peaks in individual performances,” said Marcelo Bielsa coach. Peru, who needed victory in the last two rounds to advance, is now out of dispute after a loss to Uruguay. “It hurts to lose, it hurts because of the efforts that players spent, but today the opponent surpassed us,” said coach Peru Oscar Ibanez. James Rodriguez opened scoring for Colombia in the 31th minute, while John Cordoba and Juan Fernando Quintero scored the second half goals to ensure victory over Bolivia. The Colombians are returning to the World Championship after the World Championship in Qatar 2022 disappeared. It will be the seventh performance of the Colombian team at the World Championship. After the debut in Chile in 1962, Colombia became three consecutive performances from 1990 to 1998 and repeated in 2014 and 2018. “This jersey gave me so much. I am grateful for everything I do,” said James, who is trying to play in his third World Championship. “I’ve always gave everything and I’ll keep good things for myself.” The Argentina Cup champion defeated Venezuela 3-0 with two goals of Lionel Messi and remained on top of the South American ranking clearly. Also on Thursday, Estevao, Lucas Paquet and Bruno Guimaraes scored when Brazil won 3-0 victories over Chile to get second in the ranking. 18 -year -old Estevao, who plays for Chelsea, scored his first goal with the national team in the 38th, Paquet followed the strike in 72 and Guimaraes added one to 76.
