In addition to confirming the match times for matchdays 9 and 10 of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in North America, Conmebol announced on Thursday the referees who will be in charge of these matches.
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The game between Bolivia and Colombia, on October 10 at the Municipal Stadium in El Alto, will be directed by Brazilian Wilton Sampaio, He will be joined on the lines by his compatriots Bruno Boschilia and Nailton de Souza. The fourth referee will be Ramón Abatti. Daniel Nobre and Pablo Gonçalves will be in charge of the VAR.
Wilton Sampaio, Brazilian referee.
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Colombia is undefeated when Wilton Sampaio is the referee
This will be the sixth time that Sampaio referees a match for the Colombian national team, all in the qualifiers. And with one particularity: the team has never lost. He already directed this same match on the road to Russia 2018, in La Paz, which ended with a Colombian victory (2-3).
In those same qualifiers, Sampaio refereed the games against Chile in Barranquilla and Venezuela in San Cristóbal. Both ended 0-0. And in the qualifying for Qatar 2022, he refereed Peru 0, Colombia 3 and Venezuela 0, Colombia 1.
Jesús Valenzuela, a referee with bad memories for Colombia
However, the record with the central referee designated for the match between Colombia and Chile, on October 15 in Barranquilla. The Venezuelan Jesus Valenzuela will be the referee, with Lubín Torrealba and Alberto Ponte as assistants. The fourth referee will be José Uzcátegui and the VAR will be Juan Soto and Carlos López.
Jesus Valenzuela
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Valenzuela has refereed eight matches for Colombia, six in qualifying and two in the Copa América, and only one of them ended in victory. It was the match against Paraguay in Asunción, on November 21. Otherwise, there were five draws and two defeats, including the painful 6-1 against Ecuador in Quito, on November 17, 2020.
Conmebol did not appoint Colombian referees for this double qualifying date.
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