Messi scored a hat-trick to help Argentina defeat Bolivia 6-0, Brazil beat Peru

2026 World Cup Qualifiers South America Results

01:30 October 16: Colombia 4-0 Chile

06:00 October 16: Paraguay 2-1 Venezuela

06:30 October 16: Uruguay 0-0 Ecuador

07:00 October 16: Argentina 6-0 Bolivia

07:45 October 16: Brazil 4-0 Peru

Despite the absence of many stars, the home team Argentina still had the upper hand over Bolivia in the 10th match of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in South America. Coach Lionel Scaloni's team dominated right from the opening whistle.

In the 19th minute, the Bolivian defense made a mistake when Suarez slipped and lost the ball, the ball came to Messi's feet and the 37-year-old superstar punished his opponent's mistake with a gentle shot into the near corner, opening the score 1-0 for Argentina.

Messi shined with a hat-trick against Bolivia (Photo: AFA).

The home team continued to press the field and in the 43rd minute, Messi escaped to face goalkeeper Viscarra and instead of finishing, he passed the ball to Lautaro Martinez who easily put the ball into an empty goal, raising the score to 2-0.

The nightmare of Bolivia's defense continued in the last minute of injury time of the first half, Messi continued to demonstrate his excellent tactical vision with a pass that tore through Bolivia's defense, creating conditions for Alvarez to score, raising the score to 3-0 for the reigning South American champions.

The second half had just started four minutes when Otamendi headed the ball into the Bolivian net, but VAR technology determined that Tagliafico had participated in the situation in an offside position. Messi almost scored twice in the 58th minute when he skillfully curled the ball into the far corner of the goal, but Villamil headed it away.

Argentina played calmly and in the 69th minute, young talent Thiago Almada had a neat finish to increase the score to 4-0. In the 84th minute, Messi completed his double by breaking into the penalty area and then finishing diagonally past goalkeeper Viscarra, increasing the score to 5-0 for Argentina.

Lautaro Martinez scored in Argentina's victory (Photo: AFA).

Two minutes later, Messi exchanged passes with Nico Paz in the middle and then broke through himself, before unleashing a low, tricky shot that gave goalkeeper Viscarra no chance to block, helping Argentina easily lead 6-0.

During the remaining time of the match, Argentina played leisurely and maintained an impressive "6-star" victory, continuing to consolidate their leading position in the 2026 World Cup qualifying rankings with 22 points/10 matches.

In the match that followed, Brazil dominated when hosting Peru at home. In the 36th minute, a Peruvian defender handled the ball in the penalty area and the referee blew a penalty. Raphinha fooled the opposing goalkeeper and gave Brazil a 1-0 lead.

Brazil dominated in their victory over Peru (Photo: Getty).

Eight minutes into the second half, Brazil was awarded a penalty after a mistake by Peru's defense. Raphinha was given the task again and he completed his double, doubling the gap to 2-0 for the Samba team.

The home team continued to dominate and in the 73rd minute, Andreas Pereira just entered the field and had a flying shot. The ball went so hard that the Peruvian goalkeeper could not block it, Brazil raised the score to 3-0.

10 minutes later, Henrique received the ball in front of the penalty area and decided to curl the ball in with his left foot. The Peruvian goalkeeper was blindsided and could only watch as Brazil scored their fourth goal. Despite creating more chances towards the end of the match, Brazil could not score another goal and ended the match with a 4-0 victory.

Brazil rose to 4th place with 16 points/10 matches in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in South America, behind Argentina, Colombia and Uruguay.

World Cup 2026 qualifying round rankings in South America after 10 matches (Photo: LS).

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