With this, they remained undefeated in eight games and, with their 16 points, came dangerously close to the top spot held by the Argentine team, which has 18.
Colombia’s goals were scored by Yerson Mosquera, at 25 minutes, and by James Rodríguez, at 60, via penalty. For the visitors, the goal was scored by Nicolás González at 48 minutes.
The match maintained an intense pace throughout the 90 minutes and the Colombians gave the impression of falling short on the scoreboard despite their multiple attacks that they did not complete.
On other South American fronts, Ecuador beat a Peru that is struggling to get back on its feet and is still without a win in the qualifiers and is at the bottom of the table with just three points.
The only goal of the match was scored by Enner Valencia with a powerful header in the 54th minute.
Meanwhile, despite the controversy over Carlos Lampe’s injury and Eduardo Vargas’ goal following the play to score, Bolivia beat Chile 1-2 in Santiago and recorded its second win with goals from Carmelo Algarañaz in the 13th minute and Miguel Terceros in the 45th.
In any case, Chile also continues to be in decline with five units and is second to last in the CONMEBOL qualifiers.
