At the Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali, Colombians and Argentines met in a key duel in pursuit of the only remaining ticket in Group A, with Brazil Y Paraguayan having already secured the move to the next round in advance.
A draw was enough for the locals to advance, but they did the complete task and obtained a victory against the pupils of Javier Mascherano.
The qualifying goal for @FCFSeleccionCol! Juan Fuentes came on from the bench and scored the game-winner. ⚽️
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— CONMEBOL.com (@CONMEBOL) January 28, 2023
Juan David ‘Juanda’ Fuentesentered as a replacement at the start of the complementary stage, scored the only goal of the match after 75 minutes.
The victory allowed Colombia reach 8 points and finish in the second place of the zone, before the fall of Paraguay (7) against Brazil (10) in a match played at the same time.
ArgentinaFor his part, he closed a disastrous tournament without even being able to get into the dispute over the places for the World Cup in Indonesia, after a campaign in which only won one match and lost the remaining three.
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