With six tickets given by FIFA for the 2026 World Cup (the first at 48) and a 7th qualifying place for intercontinental dams in March 2026, out of the 10 Nations of the Confederation, missing the next World Cup would be an absolute shame for the great nations of South America. Argentina, reigning world champion and still led by Lionel Messi, is already qualified for the quadrennial meeting which will be co-organized by Canada, the United States and Mexico. Not Brazil!
The situation is a little worrying for Seleçao. The Auriverde training recorded its fifth defeat in 14 days of qualifying in the AMSUD zone in the face of Argentines, however deprived of their number 10 star, two weeks ago at the monumental of Buenos Aires. Julian Alvarez, Enzo Fernandez, Alexis Mac Allister and Giuliano Simeone made Bento threads, Al-Nassr goalkeeper, Alisson Becker and Ederson being forfeited. Pending a hypothetical return to grace from Neymar, the Raphinha, Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo or Savinho disappointed. And Dorival Junior, in office for a year and a half, has taken the door!
The team led by Marquinhos is now 4th in the ranking, six points from the 7th, Venezuela, but it will resume the playoffs against Ecuador next June, on the heights of Quito. The sorting is the Dauphin of Argentina, led by its leaders Willian Pacho, Moises Caicedo and eneang Valencia (which is precisely evolving at the Internacional de Porto Alegre). Brazil will go on Paraguay, its first pursuer. You should not miss in two months so as not to tremble in the last two games in September, against Chile and Bolivia, which may fight for the barragist's place.
Then a group of death for Brazil?
Once qualified, perhaps with Jorge Jesus at the controls (he is still in Al-Hilal), Brazil will not necessarily show up in favorite of the 2026 World Cup. Vinicius is far from his level of Real Madrid, perhaps poorly accompanied. The midfield against Argentina was composed by Jelinton and André (by Wolverhampton). The Seleçao, in the event of qualification of course, will be part of the heads of the drawing of the World Cup next December and will avoid the best European nations such as France, Spain, England, Portugal or Belgium.
But the Auriverde can completely fall into a group of death. Since they cannot play Uruguay and Colombia, Argentina and Brazil are more likely than the Europeans of the first hat to fall on Germany, which is for the moment projected in hat 2 of the draw! Only European teams can face another selection of their continent. Worse, Albiceleste and Seleçao can very well end up with two European opponents, since the 4 pot will include the four winners of European dams, namely Serbia, Norway, Greece and Turkey according to the calculations of
Football Rankings.
