Venezuela Defeats Chile in Unexpected Battle: Keeps World Cup Dreams Alive

After the historic draw against Brazil at the Arena Pantanal, the Venezuelan team received Chile with the mission of adding new joy to maintain their hopes of participating in a World Cup for the first time in their history. Vinotinto’s enthusiasm for getting tickets to the contest that the United States, Mexico and Canada will jointly organize was supported by the good start of the Qualifiers. However, at the beginning of the fourth date La Roja presented him with an unexpected battle.

At the Monumental Stadium in Maturín, Eduardo Berizzo’s team did their best to open the scoring from the first moves. A combination between Gary Medel and Alexis Sánchez that Ben Brereton failed to capitalize on was the first threat to the goal defended by Rafael Romo. And an offensive projection by Felipe Loyola that culminated with a shot on the crossbar confirmed the superiority of the team led by Toto.

However, Fernando Batista’s men did not take long to respond. A precise center from Alexander González towards the head of Salomón Rondón seemed to be the formula to break the last Andean line, but a notable reaction from Brayan Cortés choked the River Plate forward’s scream. A giant cover-up, so that his maneuver would go directly to the covers of the sports newspapers. Furthermore, a premature injury to Diego Valdés forced Berizzo to make an unexpected variation with the entry of Darío Osorio.

The air route was another resource for Venezuela to reach the network. In a corner that Yeferson Soteldo took quickly to surprise the rival defense, Yangel Herrera won at the far post and supplied Wilker Ángel, who confirmed that the axiom that assures that “two headers in the area end in a goal” does not always apply. complies. And as if that were not enough, an inattention by Víctor Méndez in a start from the back gave Herrera himself the chance to cut and run towards the other’s goal, but despite having options to pass towards his forwards, the midfielder tried with a cross shot from the edge of the large area, which went wide. At the close of the initial stage, Vinotinto had also shown its claws.

Therefore, before the break, José Martínez took advantage of Paulo Díaz’s rude mistake and teamed up with the figure of Santos, who appealed to his speed on the right side and celebrated the 1-0 lead with a low cross shot. In the war of Argentine strategists, Bocha Batista knew how to read Berizzo’s pretentious idea, demanding constant clean exits from the back of his defenders.

In the complement the outlook for Chile was complicated, due to an unnecessary reaction from Marcelino Núñez. The midfielder who had entered in place of Charles Aránguiz committed an infringement on Cristian Cásseres and the Brazilian Flavio Rodrigues de Souza decided to sanction the infringement and caution the midfielder. The Chilean’s unexpected protest caused the referee to give him a second yellow card and La Roja was outnumbered.

Therefore, when Soteldo walked Gary Medel in a perfect counterattack, Venezuela extended the difference with a finish on the edge of the six-yard box. All the action improvised by the Santos star allowed the River Plate scorer to seal the 2-0 so that the dream of participating in the World Cup for the first time in its history remained valid.

With an impressive display of his skill, Soteldo was in charge of transforming the victory into a rout, as the blonde striker again scattered Felipe Loyola to join up with Darwin Machís, who celebrated the third against the vulnerable Chilean defense. La Vinotinto became drunk with happiness against an opponent who began to feel the taste of an exhausted cycle. The tough defeat in Monagas could have decisive consequences for the future of the Andean team.

Formations

Referee: Flavio De Souza (Brazil).

VAR: Rafael Traci (Brazil).

Stadium: Monumental de Maturín (Venezuela).

TV: TyC Sports.

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2023-10-17 22:58:56
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