The Argentine National Team defeated Venezuela 1-0 for the last date of zone B of the group stage of the Copa América Femenina 2022 and qualified for the semifinals of the tournament, where it will face Colombia for the place in the final. In a commitment that was quite even, but that in the end the albiceleste specified it in a good collective sequence.
The commitment started quite evenly in the middle of the field, with both teams trying the offensive proposal, but the first clear opportunity was for the Argentines with Mariana Larroquette, who assisted María Bon Segundo with luxury and alone against the goalkeeper Nayluisa Cáceres, the sent out.
The albicelestes got closer to the rival goal and thus generated clear chances, which they could not materialize due to lack of definition; For their part, the Venezuelans tried to get out of that pressure and have options on the counterattack. After minute 20, the game became even again in the midfield, in which Argentina was losing offensive power and Venezuela was stepping on the rival goal and disturbing the rival area with Deyna Castellanos and Ysaura Viso.
At minute 30, La Vinotinto had the clearest lead on their side with an important advance through the center of the field, Castellanos received the ball, shot across the field and went slightly over Vanina Correa’s horizontal. About the final minutes of the first half, the Bolivarians tried again with a header from number 9, but he controlled the goal without any problem.
For the second half, Venezuela came out with a lot of offensive pressure and generated several shots on goal with the ball going wide or controlled by goalkeeper Correa. Then in the 52nd minute, Argentina responded with a header from Mariana Larroquette and Cáceres sent her to a corner kick.
About 63 minutes, the guachas came out with a long ball from the field itself, Yamila Rodríguez controlled the ball, advanced, won space for the defenders, played with María Bon Segundo, who with the goal only defined herself for the 1-0 partial.
In the final minutes, the Venezuelans tried, but they lacked depth and the Argentines kept order, keeping their own field ball away, with which the game ended.
With this result, Argentina finished second in the group B standings and will face Colombia in the semifinals on Monday in Bucaramanga. While Venezuela will play on Sunday the match for fifth place against Chile in Armenia.
Juan Andres Arias Arias
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
And Twitter: @AriasJuan_15
