2-2. Almirón y Enciso arrancan a Bolivia empate a more de 4,000 metros de altitude

Gina Baldivieso

El Alto (Bolivia), Nov 19 (EFE).- Paraguay is a mart point for Bolivia with Miguel Almirón and Julio Enciso selling 2-2 in a fortín de la Verde of more than 4,000 highlights .

Los goles bolivianos were scored by Ervin Vaca (m.15) and Miguel Terceros de penalty (m.80), while Almirón marcó en el minuto 71 y Enciso en el 91, en el encuentro de la twelodécima jornada de las eliminatorias del southamericanas World Cup 2026.

The tie left Paraguay in the fifth place with the same 17 points from Brazil, and Bolivia in the seventh place with 13 pending the development of the other parties on the date.

Bolivia had more control of the ball in the first few minutes, although it was topó with una cerrada defensa guaraní que buscó aprovechar algunos espacios para robar balones y mandarlos al contragolpe.

After much insistence, the marker’s opening came with a pass from Ramiro Vaca from the left to the juvenile Ervin Vaca, who embedded the ball into the fence guarded by Roberto Fernández.

El festejo boliviano tuvo que esperar un poco because the game had to be reviewed by the VAR by the Uruguayan referee Andrés Matonte, who finally validated the annotation.

In the 33rd minute, Diego Gómez had the possibility to equalize with a powerful free kick that was repelled by the Bolivian guard Guillermo ‘Billy’ Viscarra.

El 37, Héctor Cuéllar also tried a long shot, but Fernández pudo contenerlo with some difficulty.

La Verde had two more options to expand the account. En ambas, ganó el duel el arquero paraguayo primero a Roberto Carlos Fernández y luego a Carmelo Algarañaz.

The first half concluded with a hailstorm, while the second half began in the middle of an intense rain that slowed the pace of the journey.

The second Bolivian goal was scored in the 61st minute, although the game was canceled by a Carmelo Algarañaz foul in the area.

The Argentinian Gustavo Alfaro gives you a more ofensivo y esto les rindió, con la anotación de Almirón en el minuto 71 tras un error defensivo de Medina.

Cerca del minuto 80, Matonte conceded a penalty to Bolivia on a fold by captain Gustavo Gómez against reception by Lucas Chávez.

The man in charge of execution was Miguelito Terceros, who pateó towards the right side, sending the ball under Fernández.

The game set off a fight between the substitutes that ended with the expulsion of Paraguayan Diego Gómez, who ended up leaving the court.

En el primer minuto de adición, Enciso igualó el marcador tras burlar a la defensa boliviana.

En la decimotercera jornada, que se disputará en marzo, Bolivia will visit Peru and Paraguay will receive Chile.

Technical information:

2. Bolivia: Guillermo Viscarra; Diego Medina, Luis Haquín, Marcelo Suárez, Roberto Carlos Fernández (m.70, Gabriel Villamil); Robson Matheus (m.70, Robson Matheus), Ervin Vaca (m.46, Efraín Morales), Héctor Cuéllar; Ramiro Vaca, Miguel Terceros and Carmelo Algarañaz (m.70. Enzo Monteiro).

Selector: Óscar Villegas.

2. Paraguay: Roberto Fernández; Juan Cáceres, Fabián Balbuena, Gustavo Gómez, Junior Alonso; Diego Gómez (m.65, Alejandro Romero Gamarra), Mathias Villasanti (m.89, Alfio Oviedo), Matías Galarza, Agustín Sández (m.46, Julio Enciso); Miguel Almirón (m.86, Ramón Sosa); and Álex Arce (m.65, Antonio Sanabria).

Selector: Gustavo Alfaro.

Goals: 1-0, m.15: Ervin Vaca. 1-1, m.71: Miguel Almirón. 2-1, m.80: Miguel Terceros, penalty kick. 2-2, m.91: Julio Enciso.

Arbitro: El uruguayo Andrés Matonte sends off Diego Gómez and amonestó for Alfaro.

Events: Partido de la duodécima jornada de las eliminatorias suramericanas del Mundial 2026 jugado en el estadio Municipal de El Alto, en more de 4,000 meters de altitude. EFE

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