Conmebol Zone 2026 World Cup Qualification: Beat Paraguay, Colombia Sets Record

Colombian striker Rafael Santos Borre celebrated a goal after scoring a goal against Paraguay in the Conmebol 2026 World Cup qualifying match. (Instagram @ conmebol)

JAKARTA - Colombia showed good performance when they beat Paraguay 1-0 in the Conmebol 2026 World Cup qualifying match. Victory in the game at Paraguay's home at the Defenses del Chaco Stadium, Wednesday, November 22 morning WIB, left Colombia unbeaten during six qualifying matches.

Colombia also set an impressive record. The reason is, Luis Diaz et al are the only teams that have never lost during qualifying.

Colombia also maintains a record of never losing in four away matches, namely in qualifying and friendly matches. They won twice and drew.

In the previous match, Colombia also played well when they beat Brazil's elite team 2-1. The trend continued as La Tricolor overcomes Paraguay's resistance.

The victory made Colombia even stronger in third place with 12 points. They are only one point adrift with Uruguay and Argentina who are ranked first and second.

Meanwhile, Paraguay who lost at home is still stuck in the middle board. Paraguay, who previously drew 0-0 against Chile, was in seventh place with five points.

In that match, Colombia's only goal was from striker Rafael Santos Borre from the penalty spot in the 11th minute.

The referee Jesus Valenzuela gave the penalty after assessing Defender Omar Arderte touched the ball in the forbidden box.

The penalty was completed well by German Bundesliga club striker Werder Bremen.

After Colombia took the lead 1-0, both teams were unable to score. The score did not change until the end of the match.