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Preview: Argentina Vs Chile
Argentina take on Chile in a crucial World Cup qualifier.
Despite Injuries to key players like Otamendi and Mac Allister, Argentina remain strong contenders with Messi expected to feature. Chile, struggling in the qualifiers, look to veteran Alexis Sánchez to spark a much-needed win. With Chile desperate and Argentina rotating, expect a tense, high-stakes clash.
Both sides bring plenty of history and rivalry into this fixture, adding extra intensity to the match. While Argentina aim to maintain their dominance and test new talents, Chile will rely on home support and experienced heads like Arturo Vidal to keep their fading qualification hopes alive
About FIFA World Cup Qualifiers - CONMEBOL:
History
The South American section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification will act as qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be held in Canada, the United States, and Mexico for national teams who are members of CONMEBOL. A total of 6 direct slots in the final tournament and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot are available for CONMEBOL teams.
CONMEBOL was the first confederation to begin its qualification process for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with Paraguay–Peru being the first match of the global qualification process.
On 22 August 2022, CONMEBOL sent a request to FIFA asking to keep the current qualification format that has been used since the 1998 World Cup qualification in South America. This was confirmed, with the first games of the qualifiers tentatively to be played in March or June 2023.
On 27 February 2023, CONMEBOL president Alejandro Domínguez announced that the qualifiers would start in September 2023, which was ratified by the CONMEBOL Council in the run-up to the 73rd FIFA Congress held on 16 March in Kigali, Rwanda.The qualification structure remains the same as in previous editions, despite the increase of slots available to CONMEBOL teams, wherein each team plays each other team twice in a home-and-away round-robin format.
Prior to the commencement of the qualification competition, Ecuador were deducted 3 points for the use of a document containing false information for Byron Castillo in the previous World Cup qualification cycle.
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