Messi staged the last dance at home in the World Cup, 16 seats have been released in the US, Canada and Mexico World Cup

Nanduxun reporter Tao Xinlei International Match Day, the 2026 US, Canada and Mexico World Cup seats continue to be released. On the morning of September 5, many games in the 17th round of the World Cup in South America were over, and all six teams from South America were confirmed. So far, 16 seats have been released in the 2026 World Cup quarterfinals.

J Luo celebrates the goal. According to statistics, he scored 14 goals in the World Cup qualifiers, surpassing Falcao (13 goals) and becoming the best scorer in the World Cup qualifiers in Colombia's history. IC picture

South America's direct team 6 teams finalized

Before this round, Argentina, Ecuador and Brazil have all received World Cup tickets in advance. Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, Venezuela and Bolivia will compete for three other places in South America to directly advance to the World Cup. With Uruguay defeating Peru 3-0, Colombia defeating Bolivia 3-0, and Paraguay draws Ecuador 0-0, Uruguay, Colombia and Paraguay grabbing the World Cup direct quota, while Peru completely misses the play-offs.

The 16 teams locked in the 2026 World Cup, hosts: Mexico, the United States, Canada, Asia: Japan, Iran, South Korea, Uzbekistan (first in history), Jordan (first in history), Australia: Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Paraguay

Oceania: New Zealand

Messi's last dance at home

Although Argentina has long locked in South America's top spot, the game against Venezuela at home is still attracting much attention, because this may be Messi's last World Cup qualifier at home.

fans prepared blessing slogans for him. During the warm-up before the game, fans sang Messi's name, and Messi couldn't help crying. Afterwards, Messi appeared with his three sons. When playing the national anthem, Messi lowered his head and kissed his son. The scene was moving.

In the official game, in the first half, Alvarez assisted Messi to score. In the second half, Lautaro scored a substitute header and Messi completed a double hit.

Messi celebrates the goal. In an interview after the game, Messi said emotionally: "For many years, we have been enjoying every game. I am very happy to be able to end the game here in this way. This is my dream forever. I have received a lot of love in Barcelona, ​​and I also dream of getting the same love here. Today is my last official game here. When I feel good, I will enjoy it."

German tank opening black

When the World Cup qualifiers are over, the Asian region of the South America is coming to an end, the European region qualifiers have just been fully launched.

This time, the 55 teams in the European region were divided into seven five teams and five four teams. The qualifiers for the fifth team group began in March this year, and the qualifiers for the fourth team group were not started until early September. Germany lost 0-2 to Slovakia away and encountered a goal in the World Cup qualifiers. &A Group temporarily ranked last, revealing the biggest upset this past night. After the game, German head coach Nagelsmann said: "Maybe next time we need to call some players with a slightly worse level but will do their best on the court. If you don't show your desire to win, it's not enough to just be better than your opponent." Should the coach or the player take the blame? German tanks have been in a sluggish state recently. They lost to Portugal 1-2 at home and lost to France 0-2 at the World Cup. They suffered another three consecutive losses when they arrived at the World Cup qualifiers. In the early morning of September 8, Germany will face Northern Ireland at home.