Lautaro Martínez has thrown this Tuesday earth to the aspirations of Colombia to play the World Cup in Qatar with a goal at 29 minutes with which Argentina won 1-0 in Córdoba on the sixteenth and penultimate day of the South American qualifiers. The coffee team, whose aspirations were affected by losing on Friday in Barranquilla 0-1 against Peru, fell again this Tuesday without any argument to worry the Albiceleste, who played at the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium with a squad of new values. Lionel Scaloni’s men consolidated themselves in second place in the qualifying rounds with 35 points, 4 less than those of the leader Brazil. Colombia has plummeted to seventh place with 17 points, far from the four direct qualifying places and the fifth, which grants the right to play a playoff.
Lautaro Martinez he reached 7 goals and overtook the Brazilian Neymar in second place among the scorers in the South American qualifiers. The top scorer is, at the moment with 10, the Bolivian Marcelo Martins Moreno.
The seventeenth and penultimate day will be played on March 24. Colombia will receive Bolivia, which today lost in La Paz with Chile, and Argentina will host Venezuela.