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Associated Press
Jun 10, 2025, 07:31 PM ET
Chile volition miss their 3rd consecutive World Cup aft losing 2-0 astatine Bolívia connected Tuesday to stay past successful South America's 10-team round-robin competition.
Bolivia kept their hopes live for an inter-continental playoff spot successful a bid to scope the 2026 tourney successful the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The apical six teams successful South American qualifying volition unafraid nonstop berths successful the World Cup. Defending champions Argentina person already qualified.
Chile's aureate procreation won 2 Copa América titles -- successful 2015 and '16 -- but are retired of contention for adjacent summer's expanded 48-team tournament.
"Sad, I americium feeling bad. Never lived thing similar this. We person to inquire radical to forgive us," seasoned Chile striker Alexis Sánchez said aft the match. "We person to support working. There's alteration already, the aureate procreation is buried, I americium the lone 1 left."
Bolivia scored the archetypal with Miguel Terceros successful the 5th infinitesimal and added a 2nd successful the 90th with Enzo Monteiro astatine the 4,150-meter precocious El Alto Stadium, extracurricular La Paz.
The hosts present person 17 points to enactment unit connected Venezuela, who person 18 and volition play aboriginal astatine Uruguay. Both are warring for seventh place, which secures the inter-continental playoff spot. Sixth-place Colombia person 21 points.
Ecuador tin clinch their spot with a triumph aboriginal astatine Peru. Brazil and Paraguay, who volition clash successful Sao Paulo, tin besides publication their tickets if they triumph and Venezuela suffer successful Montevideo.
Also connected Tuesday, Argentina big Colombia.
Bolivia's aboriginal volition beryllium decided successful September astatine Colombia and astatine location against Brazil.
