bOlivia continues to prepare two key duels to fully get into the fight for qualification for the 2026 World Cup in North America. You will have two great challenges on the double date in October.
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Those led by Óscar Villegas will receive the Colombian National Team at the El Alto Municipal Stadium, at 4,100 meters of altitude, on October 10. And five days later he will visit the leader of the qualifiers and current champion of America and the world, Argentina, at the Más Monumental stadium.
Villegas had already given a roster of 28 players for these two games and this Saturday he surprised by calling up a new player. This is defender Marcelo Torrez, 18 years old, player for Santos from Brazil.
The footballer, born in the southern region of Tarija, was captain of the Bolivian U-17 team and signed last July for Santos, where midfielder Miguel Terceros and forward Enzo Monteiro also play, who stood out on the two previous dates. of the playoffs.
Bolivia has two more casualties for the games against Colombia and Argentina
After announcing the initial roster of 28 players, Villegas lost two men to injury, midfielder Ervin Vaca and defender Yomar Rocha. Goalkeeper Carlos Lampe and midfielder Henry Vaca had already been left out of the squad, also due to physical problems.
Bolivia comes from beating Venezuela 4-0 in El Alto and from giving one of the great successes of the tie, by beating Chile 1-2 in Santiago, its first victory as a visitor in the World Cup since 1993.
Bolivia occupies eighth place in the classification with the same 9 points as Paraguay, seventh by goal difference, while Argentina is the leader with 18 points and Colombia is second with 16.
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