An announced end: Chile lost at the height and was left without a World Cup

Bolivia He achieved an important 2-0 win against Chili at the El Alto Municipal Stadium, for the sixteenth date of the South American qualifiers And he keeps his dream of reaching the repechage to the World Cup 2026tournament to which the “red”, for the third consecutive edition, will not attend.

The team led by Óscar Villegas took quick advantage on the scoreboard, with a goal from Miguel Terceros, resisted with a man less for a while and ended up liquidating the duel in the complement thanks to Enzo Monteiro.

The countercara was a poor performance of “La Roja”, which signed its third consecutive elimination of a World Cup and the continuity of the Argentine Ricardo Gareca In the team.

The beginning was dreamed for “La Verde”, since four minutes of play, third parties received the ball after a center, controlled and turned the only goal of the first half.

Although Bolivia was with ten players at 18 minutes of the first half for the expulsion of Lucas Chávez after a strong infraction about defender Fabian Hormazabal, which was reviewed by the VAR, the team defended himself well and knew how to resist before a Chile that never found clarity or depth in his attacks.

In the second half, the changes proposed by Gareca did not change the game. To top it off, Chile also stayed with one less after the expulsion of Francisco Sierralta, who only played ten minutes.

Bolivia took advantage of that bewilderment and sentenced the story 45 minutes from the complement with a goal from Monteiro, which entered from the bank, after a good collective play of “La Verde”.

With this result, Bolivia reached 17 points and approached the repechage zone -only one from Venezuela -while Chile, which was left without mathematical chances, stayed out of a World Cup for the third time.

Bolivia vs Chile synthesis by South American qualifiers