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Two South American giants meet on Thursday night while Brazil and Colombia face.
The expansion of the World Cup provided a little relief for South America teams, especially Brazil, who may have faced a serious risk to disappear, that the tournament remained 32 competitions.
Brazil is currently fifth place in the rankings, a position that would only guarantee the playoff place in past editions.
Since Paraguay will seem to be eager to strengthen their prospects for qualifications, as the first six teams now earn automatic berths.
With only 18 points out of 36 available, the Brazil -this campaign was insidious. Despite the key victories over Peru and Chile in October, their failure to overcome Venezuela and Uruguay a month later left them in an insecure situation.
Dorival Junior remains at the helm, though there is still suspicion of whether it will continue to be in charge when the World Cup begins, given the Brazilian fights in qualifying and their disappointing Copa America campaign last year.
With a big match against Argentina next week, winning the victory here would mitigate some pressure before you go to Buenos Aires.
Let’s go upstairs! ๐ง๐ท๐ฅ
The Brazilian national team began in the late afternoon on Monday (17) for conflict against Colombia, for the 13th round of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. pic.twitter.com/7AWGUK9CUR
– CBF Futebol (@cbf_futebol) March 18, 2025
Brazil will also be careful about Bolivia and Venezuela, ensuring that neither makes up significant soil.
Colombia made history in November 2023.
But despite an impressively undefeated start of 25 games under Nestor Lorenzo, Colombia has now suffered four defeats in the last seven matches.
The dramatic loss in Uruguay also diminished morality, as Colombia equalized in the 96th minute, only for Manuel Hungary, that in the 11th minute he added the winner of the last stop.
Colombia slipped from second to fourth place in just two months, but with a six -point pillow within the top six, their prospects for qualifications remain strong.
Brazilian attacks were re -respected after withdrawing Neymar due to injury. The attacker was called after a 17-month absence, but he was forced to pull out, and Endrick came in as his replacement.
Lucas Paqueta, Eerson and Igor Jesus were a surprise of the omissions, while Lucas Moura and Oscar were also neglected despite their return to Sao Paulo.
Defense concern is still, and Eder Miliota, Bremer and Danilo excluded injuries. Goalkeeper Epson Moraes and striker Richarlison will also miss the fixture due to the stalling in the fitness.
For Colombia, James Rodriguez is a ready captain, returning to a country where he first gave his name on the World Cup in 2014.
Luis diaz withstanding a Liverpool -shaped shape, but remains a key figure for Los cafeteros. Meanwhile, the recent move by Jhon Durana in Saudi Arabia did not affect his involvement.
The Crystal Palace duo Daniel Munoz and Jefferson Lerma, who had a weekend because of the EFL Cup finals, will be well retained and ready to play.
๐ธ ๐๐จ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฌ! โฝ๏ธ
๐ ๐ง๐ท#Laselenosuna๐จ๐ด pic.twitter.com/krasv09VHT
– Colombian national team (@fcfseleccioncol) March 19, 2025
Brazil: Alisson; Vanderson, Marquinhos, Gabriel, Alex Sandro; Gerson, Bruno Guimaraes; Rodrygo, Raphinha, Vinicius Junior; Wedge
Colombia: Vargas; Munoz, Lucumi, Sanchez, Mojica; Lerma, Rios; Arias, James, Diaz; Duran
Brazil against Colombia will start on Friday morning at 00:45 and is available for watching Premier Sports 1.