Debut with a tie for Los Diablos in the 2026 World Cup

For the first date of Zone A of the Pre-World Qualifier male from Santiago de Chile, The Devils tied 2-2 with Wales. The goals for the Chilean team were scored by brothers Raimundo and Agustín Valenzuela and for the European team by Nicholas Morgan and Gareth Furlong.

At the beginning of the meeting, Nicholas Morgan (4′) scored 1-0 for Wales against Los Diabloswho requested the video ref but unfortunately for the Trasandinos it did not change the decision of the refereeing body so they lost the request for the remainder of the match. At the close of the first quarter, the scorer Juan Amoroso had the tie in his drag, but by centimeters the ball went to the left post of the European team’s goal.

A tie that was not going to take long to arrive because seven minutes into the second quarter, Raimundo Valenzuela (22′)in combination with his brother Agustín Valenzuela, pushed the ball under the goal and He scored the partial 1 to 1 in the match. Just a minute later, he himself Agustín Valenzuela (23´) He was the one who had the opportunity to turn the score around and took advantage of it with an impeccable hit to the left post of goalkeeper Toby Reynolds-Cotterill to score 2 to 1 in favor of Chile on the scoreboard.

After a third quarter with little dangerous activity in both areas, Wales started the last 15 minutes with everything and managed to reach the tie thanks to Gareth Furlong (47′)who took advantage of the penalty awarded by the referee and marked the final 2 to 2 in the result. The next matches of the Chilean team will be on Tuesday the 3rd and Wednesday the 4th, both at 8:15 p.m., against Scotland and France, respectively.