Leaders of the regional table with 28 points, the world champions have the best stage to ensure their nineteenth participation in the maximum soccer event.
In addition, luck has wanted the early classification to be realized before the ‘Seleção’, Its historic archirival, which occupies third place with 21 units.
The albiceleste, which comes from imposing 1-0 to Uruguay (fourth with 20) on Friday in Montevideo, He faces this double March date with the decline due to injury of his captain and star, Lionel Messi.
That victory raided the way for the selected one directed by Lionel Scaloni depending on himself to ensure his classification, needing Only a draw before the questioned Brazil of Vinícius Jr., Raphinha and Rodrigo.
“The classic is Argentina-Brazil. That is the classic that looks at everyone, the most important classic of the selections. It will be nice on Tuesday, we will enjoy it above all,” said midfielder Rodrigo de Paul.
A wink to Bielsa
The match at the Monumental Stadium, scheduled at 6 pm on Wednesday, will close the billboard on date 14. Bolivia will receive Uruguay in El Alto, where the celestial of Marcelo Bielsa will try to overcome the demanding 4,150 m of altitude of that city located in the Andes.
Why should the albiceleste be attentive to the result of the confrontation between Bolivia and Uruguay?
With their triumph in Montevideo, the world champions assured at least one place in intercontinental repechage. Bolivia, with 13 points, occupies the seventh position, which still allows you to aspire to that lifeguard option.
The distance between both teams is 15 points, with 15 units still in dispute.
Superclassic day in South America 🤩@Argentina vs. @CBF_Futebol 🇦🇷 ⚽️ 🇧🇷#Eliminatorasudamericanas pic.twitter.com/5RMWHBNF4J
– Conmebol.com (@conmebol) March 25, 2025
This means that When the albiceleste jump to the monumental field to face Brazil, It could already be classified depending on the result of Bolivia-Uruguay, which will open the day.
If Bolivia wins, those of Scaloni will need at least one draw to ensure their presence in the World Cup. But if the Bolivians fail to add the three points, Argentina will immediately become the first South American team to classify the 2026 appointment.
The rest of the dance
If Argentina already has its confirmed air ticket, Ecuador (22), Brazil (21), Uruguay (20), Paraguay (20) and Colombia (19), The five that follow it in the classification may be sure that they will also board the plane to North America.
Instead, For Bolivia (13), seventh in a playful position, as well as for Venezuela (12), Peru (10) and Colista Chile (9), The remaining five dates will be a real Roman coliseum, where only one will hold on to the only oxygen breath that the qualifiers remains.
That is why it is vital for the green to add complete against Uruguay in El Alto, After losing 3-1 with Peru in Lima last Friday, and see how the Incas began to recover ground at the bottom of the table.
Venezuela, which accumulates nine games without knowing the victory and comes from falling 2-1 in Quito against a solid Ecuador, will receive Peru in Maturín In a duel that both coaches agreed to qualify as a true “final.”
During simultaneous hours in Santiago, Chile, now colist after his defeat 1-0 against Albirroja in Asunción, It must desperately run to face the power of Ecuador, an applied picture, full of resources and with an overwhelming attack.
Colombia will be host of Paraguay in Barranquilla, But its performance has generated concerns after the Lost Final of the Copa América against Argentina last year.
Since September 2024, he has joined only 7 points of the last 21 possible and has lost 4 of his last 5 games, two of them in time of replacement, the result of deconcentrations and an insecurity that seized the team from that defeat in Miami against the Albiceleste.