The Argentine football team won in Buenos Aires, Chile 3:0 and after seven rounds retained the first place in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
The current world champion took the lead with a goal by Alexis McAllister in the 48th minute, Julián Alvarez doubled the advantage in the 84th minute, and the final result was set by Paulo Dybala in the 90th minute.
There was no injured Lionel Messi in the Argentina team.
Before the game at Monumental, fans and Argentine football players greeted Angel di Maria, who retired from the national team this summer, after defending the title at the America's Cup in the USA.
Since 2008, he has played 145 games and scored 31 goals for Argentina, with whom he won the 2022 World Cup and two Copa América trophies in 2021 and this summer.
The football players of Argentina showed the fans the trophy they won this summer.
Argentina is first in the table with 18 points from seven games. Uruguay is second with 13 points, Colombia is third with 12, and both teams have played six matches each.
Venezuela has nine points from seven games, followed by fifth-placed Ecuador and sixth-placed Brazil, who each played a match less, with eight and seven points, respectively.
Bolivia is seventh with six points from seven games, and Paraguay has a point and a game less in eighth place. Chile is second to last with five points from seven matches, and the last 10th is Peru with two points from six matches.
The first six teams from the South American qualifiers will advance to the World Championship, which will be played in the USA, Mexico and Canada in 2026. The seventh-placed national team will play in the intercontinental barrage.
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