On September 10th, the Colombian National Team defeated Argentina 2-1 in the qualifiers. The winning goal was a well-taken penalty by James Rodriguez. But when the playmaker kicked the ball something happened that went unnoticed by most.
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The cameras of the official production of the match captured, from different angles, the shot of the ‘tricolor’ ’10’ and how he beat goalkeeper Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martinez. However, a camera captured a play that if James had missed the penalty, This would have perhaps led to the sanction of a new charge from the 12 steps.
The camera recorded the moment when forward Luis Díaz ran towards the small area after James kicked the ball and fell to the ground after being pushed by Cristian ‘Cuti’ Romero.
James scored the goal and the central referee, Chilean Piero Maza, and the linesman validated the goal. The possible foul against the Liverpool striker went unnoticed.
With this victory over Argentina, Colombia ‘took the thorn’ out of the loss of the final of the Copa América 2024, which the gauchos won 1-0.
In addition, the team has reached 14 points to place second in the standings after Argentina, which has 16 points.
On dates 7 and 8 of the World Cup qualifiers Colombia comes from achieving 4 points, after tying in Lima against Peru and beat Argentina in Barranquilla.
Those led by Néstor Lorenzo will face, next October, to Bolivia (as a visitor, in the city of El Alto) and Chile (in Barranquilla) on the ninth and tenth dates of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in North America.
Schedule for rounds 9 and 10 of the qualifiers
Conmebol has made official the schedules for dates 9 and 10 of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. They are as follows:
Date 9 (October 10)
Bolivia vs Colombia (15:00) (2 pm in Colombia)
Ecuador vs Paraguay (16:00)
Venezuela vs Argentina (16:00)
Chile vs Brazil (19:00)
Peru vs Uruguay (20:30)
Date 10 (October 15)
Colombia vs Chile (15:00)
Paraguay vs Venezuela (18:00)
Uruguay vs Ecuador (18:30)
Argentina vs Bolivia (19:00)
Brazil vs Peru (19:45)
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