Topic: CONMEBOL 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (South America) - page 14. (Read 2969 times)

Brazil and Venezuela have played 28 times
Brazil won 24 matches, 3 draws and only 1 victory for Venezuela in a friendly match in 2008.
The odds are all in Brazil's favor, especially playing in Brazil


I'll quote here to make our "bet" officialy hehehe
Let's see at the end of the qualifiers who will have got the most positions right
The good thing is that you already think that Argentina will come out on top.
And to tell you the truth, I really like to see opinions contrary to my own in order to learn more.

Regarding Venezuela, I put it last for a few reasons:
Venezuelan teams didn't do well at all in the South American games
Venezuela finished last in the last two qualifiers
From the two games I saw, against Colombia and Paraguay, I thought they weren't playing very well

But I hope to be surprised, I hope the team can bring joy to the Venezuelan people and qualify for the World Cup
One question: why do you think Colombia will finish ahead of Uruguay?

Venezuela in last place? it doesn't make sense to me, they won't be in the top 6, but not in last place. Bolivia is more likely to occupy that position because they really deserve to be there with their achievements so far. The following is a list of my predictions for the CONMEBOL qualifying standings for the 2026 WC:

• 1 - Argentina
• 2 - Brazil
• 3 - Colombia
• 4 - Uruguay
• 5 - Chile
• 6 - Paraguay
• 7 - Peru
• 8 - Ecuador
• 9 - Venezuela
• 10 - Bolivia

Yes, there has Been much speculation about this, and it seems that the Bolivians have always had very good control over this, because things for them in that stadium have been very good, however I saw a very comfortable Argentina, they ran faster I Know that Bolivians scored three goals that put them second in the standings, it really is something that surprised many, because it is difficult for Bolivians themselves, and it is difficult to play in La Paz due to the lack of oxygen when you run, it's something that affects anyone, in everything the less oxygen there is in the body the less it Yields,  then in this order of ideas we can Think that Bolivia has a Slight Advantage over the Others , I don't really know how it would be Argentina's preparation to go for Peace but what they did was Something that left everyone there surprised, because no one expected them to win, in fact they expected to see the Argentinians standing still, waiting to make a good counterattack, and it was all On the contrary, I saw Bolivia in its total defense, it seemed like a match where the home team would have been Agenitna because it had arrincaondaso in the defense,  for me Argentina is at a very high level of Football to beat Argentina or Brazil, it means that It requires a lot of work, a lot of Effort and running a lot, resisting a lot, because these people run like horses and it seems like they never get tired, or like the Brazilians, they were playing in Peru and had not been able to do anything in the 90 minutes, in fact Peru They had Gotten into their Defense zone attacking and attacking, for one reason I thought they were going to win against the Brazilians,  in fact they were things that I saw Even a Neymar who did not know what to do, until his assistance Arrived and they were Able to do the Goal , But a Goal that is Worth Gold , so this type of aceotneiceimtnos are what Make a team Shine , in fact they are First in the table.

Now there is Another date in October, and Brazil's next rival will be Venezuela, which by the way yesterday beat Paraguay, against all odds they did it, so with Brazil's game I do see it difficult for them to beat them, in fact if they beat them A Draw against Brazil is as if it were a real Victory.

Hehe, just for fun (at least for now) 

I'll post my prediction here:

• 1 - Brazil
• 2 - Argentina
• 3 - Uruguay
• 4 - Ecuador
• 5 - Colombia
• 6 - Chile
• 7 - Peru
• 8 - Paraguay
• 9 - Bolivia
• 10 - Venezuela

It's not that easy for Ecuador to get into the 2026 WC, as I said before that we still have 16 matches remaining, I agree if what you mean by weak is Bolivia, but not for Paraguay and Chile. You must agree that we can't draw conclusions directly when there's still a lot of progress ahead.


Sounds interesting, especially if there's a prize for whoever wins, should we make a side bet on this?

I'd put Ecuador on that list of qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup
They qualified directly, in 4th place in the 2022 qualifiers and in the World Cup they did well, with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss

From what I've seen so far, with only 2 games of course, Paraguay, Chile and Bolivia are very weak

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Shall we make a prediction?
Which teams do you think will qualify?
At the end of the qualifiers we can compare and see who got it right

Of course it's not difficult because we know which teams have dominance in CONMEBOL, in my opinion those who will enter the WC 2026 Brazil are: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile and Peru/Paraguay.

BTW, In the last match we also saw surprises from teams like Ecuador and Venezuela who were able to get an additional 3 points for them in the standings. Don't think too much that this will be the end, because we'll still see 16 more matchdays in the CONMEBOL zone, so the current slump of teams like Uruguay can't be a full reference.

For CONMEBOL 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification have 10 national teams participants and current sixth standing above will automatically qualify to FIFA World Cup 2026. I don't think difficult for predicting which one national teams have bigger chance for participating in FIFA World Cup 2026 Brazil, Argentina automatically will finish on 1st and 2nd standings position.

Little surprise with Chile have played two matches and get 1 points make difficult position although still have many matches left and not difficult to finish on 6th standing for qualifying to World Cup. I think have special with CONMEBOL zone because ten national teams participants they get 6 automatically ticket will participants in World Cup 2026 and seems difference with slot for Asian and African zone.

Hehehe, once again South American soccer surprise us (and makes us lose bets  )
Uruguay lost, Argentina didn't suffer from the altitude and Paraguay lost to Venezuela


Good analysis, you got the 2 games right and got Uruguay wrong, just like the rest of us hahaha
I also thought Uruguay could win this game without too much trouble, but Ecuador managed to at least reset the points, since they started with minus 3 because of FIFA's punishment


Yes, it is controversial
In the past, teams suffered more, but nowadays with new discoveries, technology, faster transportation, etc., teams are able to make a good strategy so as not to suffer so much from the effects of altitude

Di María said this after the game  :
Source

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Brazil managed to win, but it was a very difficult game
The new coach is very good, and I think with a few more games he'll be able to find an ideal team
I could already see Brazil playing differently, playing the ball more, with more teamwork

This is a very controversial topic.

Bolivia has a number of good quality football stadiums in different parts of the country, but they insist on playing their qualifier matches at the Estadio Hernando Siles in La Paz, which is located at an elevation of 3,637 meters above sea level. Other teams are not happy about this, and several times they have complained against scheduling matches in this venue. In 2007, FIFA actually came up with a rule that no World Cup Qualifying matches can be hosted in venues that are 2,500 meters above the sea level. But then in 2008, Bolivia managed to get a special exemption for Estadio Hernando Siles.

tomorrow we will have two games:

Bolivia - Argentina

Bolivia, who plays at home, comes to this game after a humiliating defeat that they suffered in their first game against Brazil, so they will strive to win or leave with at least a draw in this game against Argentina, we will see which player the coach from Bolivia will choose for the starting 11, for example abrego was the guy who scored Bolivia's only goal in the game against Brazil, the coach had chosen to put Marcelo Moreno in the starting 11 against Brazil, but Marcelo Moreno did not scored no goals, so perhaps in this game the Bolivian coach will put the abrego to play right at the beginning of the game. on the other hand, it is expected that the Argentine coach will not include Messi at the beginning of the game, because Messi suffered a blow in the game against Ecuador, it is also expected that Lizandro Martinez will not play in this game

In my opinion this will not be an easy game for Bolivia, because even if Messi doesn't play in this game, Argentina has many other good players like Di Maria, Lautaro Martinez and others. That's why I predict Argentina's victory in this game

Ecuador - Uruguay

Ecuador comes to this game after a defeat they suffered against Argentina, so playing at home Ecuador will look for a victory or at least a draw in this game, while their opponent comes more confident for this game because they are coming off a convincing victory against Chile, looking at the current squad of these two teams I would say that Uruguay has a better squad and I see Uruguay coming out victorious in this game

brazil - peru

brazil comes to this game very motivated, as they won in their last game against bolivia, in a game in which brazil scored 5 goals and conceded only 1 goal. on the other hand, we have peru that arrives in this game with a draw in its last game against paraguay, in a game in which peru was playing with 10 players from the 1st half. looking at the squad of the two teams, I would notice that Brazil has the best squad and therefore I see Brazil winning this game

I think Argentina,Brazil and maybe Paraguay should be the triple to join from these games,sure it is not with that high odd but more likely.After that I would combine another two here,Uruguay draw no bet together with Chile draw no bet as most likely the teams from South America when playing at home are dangerous in front of their fans.

On a side note I don't know how many times Argentina has suffered in Bolivia because they play in a very high above sea level there so it has been difficult.Most likely tomorrow will be different as they are reigning World Champions but I would be cautious here for that above sea level.

In the first round, the top 3 teams won their matches
Brazil won by the biggest margin, 5x1 against Bolivia, but Uruguay won 3x1 against a more difficult opponent in theory
Argentina won but it was by a small margin, with a free-kick from Messi
And speaking of Argentina, today the team will play at an altitude of 3,735 meters in La Paz, Bolivia, let's see how the team performs, it's never easy to play in Bolivia

Even so, today I believe we'll have wins from all three again, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay

Today you can make a good multiple bet, Brazil's single win pays 1.39, Argentina's 1.58 and Uruguay's 3.95, which gives 8.67 Odds hehe
I'll bet 5 dollars to try and win 43.37

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Second Round:

12 September

Bolivia x Argentina
Ecuador x Uruguay
Venezuela x Paraguay
Chile x Colombia
Peru x Brazil

Tomorrow is the start of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers for South America.
I don't know if many people here follow, but it's great to watch the matches, even though there are only 10 teams, for the next World Cup there will be 6 directly qualified and 1 more place for a play-off
The best matches are usually between these 3 teams: Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, but there are still teams that surprise and manage to play at a high level from time to time, such as Ecuador, Colombia and Chile

First Round:

07 September

Paraguay x Peru
Place: Paraguay

Colombia x Venezuela
Place: Colombia

Argentina x Ecuador
Place: Argentina

08 September

Uruguay x Chile
Place: Uruguay

Brazil x Bolivia
Place: Brazil


Source

Here's a good source of information about South American titles, top scorers etc: https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/south-america-conmebol-qualifying-qualifiers-dates-teams-places-world-cup-2026

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Brazil is the only country to have participated in every World Cup
What do you think of these qualifiers?
Which team is your favorite? Brazil or Argentina?