The 2026 World Cup Qualifiers South America continued, at 4:30 a.m. Beijing time on September 11, the 8th round of the South American World Qualifiers will usher in a key battle, the undefeated division Colombia sits at home against World Cup champion Argentina, the two teams are in the top three of the South American standings, due to copyright reasons, CCTV5 sports channel will not broadcast this blockbuster matchup.
Colombia vs. Argentina, Colombia is worth 293 million euros, the team has Dias, Ronaldo, Córdoba, Bray, Cistella, Leerma, Arias and other famous players. For Argentina, Scaloni has 821 million euros and has stars such as Dybala, Lautaro Martinez, Alvarez, Garnacho, Lo Celso, De Paul, McAllister, Otamendi, Molina and Martinez. The sum of the two teams' worth is converted into 8.4 billion yuan.
After Colombia missed the 2022 World Cup, Argentina's Néstor Lorenzo took over, and Lorenzo led Colombia to a 25-game unbeaten run in all competitions and reached the final of this summer's Copa America, losing to Argentina in extra time. In this World Preliminaries, Colombia has won 3 wins and 4 draws in the first 7 rounds to remain undefeated, and is the only unbeaten team in South America in the World Preliminaries, and in the last round of the World Preliminaries, Colombia scored a goal by Dias when they were behind. Colombia are currently 3rd in the standings with 13 points, scoring seven goals and conceding four.
Argentina is ranked No. 1 in the world, Scaloni led the team to three consecutive major tournament titles, defended their title in the Copa America, and won the Qatar World Cup in 2022, unbeaten in the last 12 games in all competitions, and Argentina defeated Colombia in the final of this summer's Copa America. In this World Preliminary Tournament, Argentina's record is 6 wins and 1 loss, accumulating 18 points and ranking first in the standings, scoring 11 goals and conceding 2 goals, and is the strongest offensive and defensive team in South America. Messi scored three goals and is tied for second place in the scorers' charts.
Messi was absent from Argentina's squad due to injury during the September international break, and Argentina beat Chile by three goals at home in the last round. In the last 10 meetings between Colombia and Argentina, they have won 1 win, 6 draws and 3 losses, and are at a disadvantage. The last time the two teams met was in the Copa America final this summer, when the teams were tied in regulation time and Lautaro Martinez scored the winner in extra time as Argentina beat Colombia to win the title.
Messi has missed many games of Inter Miami due to injury, and also missed the current Argentina national team, Ronaldo scored 2 goals during this national team break, unlocking the 900-goal milestone, and Messi's goals this year are far behind Ronaldo, the competitive state is worrying, Ronaldo is preparing for the 2026 World Cup, compared to Messi can not hold on to that time.
Colombia's best form is striker Dias for Liverpool in the Premier League, who has scored three goals and provided one assist in all competitions this season, and is second in the scorer list in the South American zone of the World Cup. For Argentina, Dybala scored a goal on the bench last time, Alvarez broke the season's goal drought and was in good form, considering that Colombia had the advantage of dominating the home field and the two teams had many draws, so this draw is an acceptable result for both teams, and both sides are happy with one point each.