Chile lost with Bolivia and said goodbye to the 2026 World Cup

The Chilean team lost 2-0 against Bolivia at the Municipal Stadium of El Alto by the SIXTH DATE OF the South American qualifiers, a result that buried his options to reach the 2026 World Cup.

Miguel Thirdin just 5 minutes of the game, marked the opening of the green account, Early figure that not only confirmed the very low level of the red, but also highlighted the makeshift team that Ricardo Gareca sent to the courtwith everything that was at stake.

Even the host could increase differences before the quarter of an hour, but A Arroyo header gave in the crossbar, for the respite of the nationals.

After that, another door for Chile openedgiven that A disqualifying foul by Lucas Chávez on Fabián Hormazábal caused the claim of all nationals, the judge reviewed the VAR and Bolivia stayed with 10when the clock marked 18 minutes. However, this numerical advantage was practically not noticed And a shot by Villamil, who found Cortés’ reaction, left the same bitter sensation of the start.

Only about half an hour came the first Chilean risk action, with an attempt by Gabriel Suazo that went over the horizontal and that served to gradually push the team to look for the porch of Carlos Lampeeven more considering the obligations of the national cast.

In the 31 ‘it was Echeverría’s turn, which also tested medium distance, but That powerful shot went to the center of the arc, which facilitated things for the goalkeeper of the Green.

At the beginning of the complement, Gareca made Three changes in search of reverting the situation, with the income of Víctor Dávila, Javier Altamirano and Francisco Sierralta for Lucas Assadi, Darío Osorio and Benjamín Kuscevic, but in the 55 ‘the newly admitted defender saw the red card Matheus and both casts were left with 10.

With more thrust than football, as it was during much of these qualifiers, the team tried at least to reach the tie; He tried medium distance, through Sánchez and Altamirano, but without the necessary precision, he looked for it with suazo overflows, but they always found a rejection of the local rear.

With Chile delivered to his fate and against, Enzo Monteiro put the 2-0 and sentenced the storyto give life to your selection and bury any chance of The Red that failed again, which continues in the basement of the table with 10 points and is already eliminated from the 2026 World Cup.