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La Roja’s long undefeated against Venezuela came to an end this afternoon in Caracas. La Roja lost 2-1 to Vinotinto and thus suffered a severe setback against a rival to whom he had never lost as a visitor, and whom he had beaten in the last six outings The last equality was in 1996 towards France 1998 and caused the end of Xabier Azkargorta.
But the worst for Chile is not only the unprecedented result. Four days after celebrating their first win against Peru, Reinaldo Rueda’s team went back several steps, and exhibited a poor performance. A dejected team, without a clear idea of the game, no answers, or figures that make a difference.
The afternoon in Caracas was uphill from the beginning. The defensive strength that he exhibited against Peru today gave way to one of the lowest matches of the Guillermo Maripán and Paulo Díaz duo. The Monaco defender paid dearly for his inactivity in France, he was out of shape, and from his mistake came 1-0: center to the area, and header only from Luis Mago. The same man who today is a substitute for Jean Beausejour at U.
The good news is that Chile reacted to the coup. This time he did not do it with a clear idea, nor playing well, but his great star appeared. Arturo vidal, genius and figure on Friday, today he again demonstrated his scoring ability. The Inter crack took advantage of the only associated play of the first half, appeared head-on in the area, and with a powerful shot left goalkeeper Wilkmer Fariñez without an option for 1-1. Fourth goal in these Qualifiers, and 16 in his career: the same as Alexis Sánchez.
Equality did not demotivate Venezuela, which tried to corner Chile through Yangel Herrera and Darwin Machís, but there it appeared Claudio Bravo. Oblivious to the fragility of his defenses, the meta always responded. He was responsible for the tie at halftime. He made Machis perfectly smaller at the beginning, he was attentive to a shot from average distance of the skillful midfielder, and confirmed the distance that exists with the rest, when he occupies the arc of Chile.
Soteldo and Rondón finished with the Red
Rueda tried to reorder the team with the entry of Claudio Baeza for Cesar Pinares, however, Chile’s problem was deeper. Alexis was not in his day; Meneses and Mora they didn’t appear, and the only way to build was through Erick Pulgar’s long passes, which were controlled by the Venezuelan defense.
Anyway, La Roja improved in the second half. He suffered less in defense and in attack he had a clear opportunity with a shot from Jean Meneses that went over the goal. Venezuela also accused the bustle, and only regained prominence with the entry of Yeferson Soteldo.
The last leg of the match found both teams without clarity, but it was Venezuela that had the most desire. The newly admitted Soteldo faced Beausejour on the left, and found Salomón Rondón in the area to define without a mark in front of Bravo’s gaze, who raised his hands asking for an imaginary offside. That’s where the game ended.
