The first matches of the World Championship selection cycle have been completed.
Last night, April 8, the first matches of the selection stage of the World Championship 2026 took place, which will be held in the USA, Mexico and Canada.
In the first match, the Argentina national team minimally beat Ecuador 1:0. The only goal scored in 78 years, and its author was Lionel Messi.
It is also possible that Messi was replaced by the 89th half of the team and this became the first in the official match of the national team since 2014. Todi Lionel scored a double and left the field for 63 minutes in the match against Nigeria (3:2).
Argentina – Ecuador 1:0 Goal: Messi 78.
Argentina: Martinez, Tagliafico, Otamendi, Romero, Molina, Mac Allister (Paredes, 77), Fernandez, de Paul, Gonzalez (Di Maria, 62), Martinez (Alvarez, 77), Messi (Palacios, 89).
Ecuador: Galindes, Estupinan, Hurtado (Presiado, 81), Pacho, Arboleda, Torres (Mena, 81), Caicedo, Gruezo, Cifuentes (Ortiz, 68), Valencia, Plata (Rodriguez, 67) Next: Paredes - Cifuentes.
In another match, Colombia beat Venezuela 1:0. The victory for the Colombians was brought by a single scoring strike from Vikon Rafael Santos Borre at the start of the other half.
Colombia – Venezuela 1:0 Goal: Borre, 46.
Colombia: Vargas, Machado, Lucumi, Mina, Mejia, Aryas (Rodriguez, 75), Lerma, Uribe (Barrios, 85), Dias (Sinisterra, 88), Borre (Duran, 75), Quadrado (Carrascal, 46).
Venezuela: Romo, Mago (Rosales, 78), Angel, Osorio, Gonzalez, Herrera (Martinez, 59), Rincon, Martinez, Machis (Otero, 82), Rondon (Marquez, 78), Savarino (Soteldo, 59).
Posted by: Gonzalez.
The third squirrel had a difference between the species of Paraguay and Peru. The teams did not score goals and ended the match with a score of 0:0. At the end of the first half, the guests played in the minority after the sight of Luis Advinculi, who took off his friend's card.
Paraguay – Peru 0:0 Paraguay: Coronel, Riveros, Gomez, Balbuena, Rojas (Piris 78), Amarilla (Gamarra 66), Cubas, Villasanti, Almiron, Sosa (Rojas 88), Avalos (Espinola 78).
Peru: Gallies, Trauco (Molina, 71), Abram, Araujo (Corso, 46), Advincula, Jotun, Tapia, Carrillo (Lopez, 46), Gonzalez (Cartagena, 46), Polo (Azcuez, 90), Guerrero.
Next: Advuncula, Araujo.
Viluchenya: Advinkula, 45 (druga zhovta).
Apparently, ten teams will take part in the selection tournament of Great America, who will play one after another in two stakes. Teams that take place from first to sixth will qualify for the final tournament. Zbirna, who stumbled on the same place, will compete in the intercontinental playoffs. There will also be two teams from the CONCACAF zone and one each from Asia, Africa and Oceania.. They will play two remaining trips to the emergency situation, which has been expanded to 48 teams.