IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - SOUTH AMERICA
Picture : Lionel Messi scored 3 goals and 2 assists against Bolivia ! World class performance !
Statistics on WC 2026 qualifiers in South America (match-day 10)
Colombia vs Chile 4-0
*It is Colombia's all-time largest win over Chile (in any competition and including friendlies) and largest in the South American Qualifiers since the 5-0 victory against Bolivia in March 2013.
*Chile suffered only one worse defeat in the Qualifiers (0-5 away vs Brazil in 2005).
*Jhon Durán became the 3rd youngest Colombiam scorer (20 years 307 days) in the Qualifiers, behind:
Javier Tamayo (19 years 139 days),
Hermenegildo Segrera (20 years 45 days).
Brazil vs Peru 4-0
*It is Peru's heaviest defeat in the Qualifiers since 2008 (0-6 away vs Uruguay).
*Peru is the team with the fewest goals scored (3) in the first 10 match-days in the history of the South American Qualifiers.
*Raphinha’s 2 goals from penalties are one fewer than Ronaldo’s national record from 2 June 2004 when he scored a penalty hat-trick in the World Cup 2006 against Argentina.
Uruguay vs Ecuador 0-0
*Ecuador are still unable to beat Uruguay as visitors: 6 draws and 13 defeats in 19 away matches.
*Uruguay have gone 4 consecutive games without scoring for the first time in thehistory of the World Cup Qualifiers (including 0-0 vs Paraguay, 0-0 vs Venezuela, 1-0 vs Peru in previous games).
*Overall, Uruguay tied their historical negative record of successive games without scoring. They had such 4-game runs twice: in 1924-1925 and in 2020-2021.
Paraguay vs Venezuela 2-1
*It is the first Paraguay’s game in this qualifying campaign that generated more than 1 goal (from both sides).
*Paraguay have won a qualifier from losing position at halftime for the first time (6 draws and 32 defeats in 38 previous matches when they were losing after first half).
*Toni Sanabria became the first substitute in the history of the South American Qualifiers to score 2 goals to turn a defeat into a victory for his team.
*Overall, Sanabria is just the 4th South American player who achieved a brace as a sub in the Qualifiers, after:
Richard Morales (Uruguay), vs Australia (inter-zonal playoff) in 2001,
José Torrealba (Venezuela) vs Peru in 2005,
Ángel Romero (Paraguay) vs Peru in 2020.
*Julio César Enciso became the first Paraguayan player to miss a penalty in a home qualifier since ...another Julio César Enciso (not his father) 20 years and 2 days ago against Peru.
*Yeferson Soteldo became Venezuela's 2nd highest assistant in the qualifiers (6 assists), only behind Juan Arango (10).
Argentina vs Bolivia 6-0
*It is Argentina's largest victory in the history of World Cup Qualifiers.
*Bolivia were last beaten so heavily on 29 August 1993 (0-6 in Recife against Brazil).
*Leo Messi, Lautaro Martínez and Julián Álvarez all scored in the same Argentina’s game for the first time.