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Chile will visit this Tuesday, starting at 6:00 p.m., at Venezuela for the fourth date of the Qualifiers heading to Qatar 2022, in a meeting that is key for both teams.
La Roja will seek to ratify its victory against Peru last Friday and get to the top of the table of locations, where it is currently sixth with 4 points.
Venezuela, for its part, is the bottom row with Bolivia with zero units and, if they want to keep their hopes of reaching the next World Cup alive, they must win at all costs.
The Vinotinto, however, will not be easy. Chile has never lost in Venezuelan lands and has the llaneros as a favorite victim among Conmebol teams. Only in Qualifiers, the record indicates eleven wins for the ‘everyone’s team’, two draws and one loss.
The only Venezuelan victory dates from September 4, 2001, in the 2002 Korea-Japan Qualifiers, when they took three points from a half-empty National Stadium and embarrassed by the poor process of Pedro García’s team.
The most hated rival
But what do the latest records in Venezuela say for Chile? Only triumphs. From the process to Korea-Japan, everything has been smiles for the ‘team of all’.
So much so that, on plains soil, They have defined La Roja as the most hated rival and the one who has to be beaten yes or yes this Tuesday, even more considering the urgency of points of the Vinotinto.
Fernando Petrocelli, a journalist for DirecTV Sports, assured that “Chile is undoubtedly the rival we hate the most. Margas in 96 ′, Pinilla in 2004 the damned night of Pueblo Nuevo. Suazo’s 2-3 in Puerto La Cruz at 90. The team that has made me feel the worst in a stadium ”.
But, in addition to the poor results against Chile, what hurts Venezuelan football is the way the team led today by Reinaldo Rueda has brought the points.
With Pinilla at the head
When talking about duels between Chile and Venezuela, surely some of them remember Mauricio Pinilla celebrating in his underwear his goal in the 2006 World Cup Qualifiers in Germany.
That duel, played on June 2, 2004, was defined at 84 minutes thanks to the solitary volley goal with which the Coquimbo Unido striker today silenced the Pueblo Nuevo Polideportivo stadium.
‘Pinigol’ had another brilliant performance in the last duel played in the plains. On March 30, 2016, en route to Russia 2018, the striker scored a double for the 4-1 win.
Arturo vidal He registered with two other goals, while Rómulo Otero had put the 1-0 in favor of the locals.
Come from Planet Gol
For others, without a doubt, the duels between Venezuela and La Roja are evoked by the name of Humberto Suazo.
‘Chupete’, on June 20, 2008, put the final 3-2 for Chile at 90 minutes, in a duel where the ‘goal from the Planet’ had already scored at 64 ′.
In a round-trip duel, Giancarlo Maldonado had led the locals by 59 ′, while Gonzalo jara it made things uneven for La Roja at 73 minutes.
However, Juan Arango pushed Vinotinto to a draw at 80 ′, giving a hard emotional blow to those led then by Marcelo Bielsa.
But on the court was Suazo who, after a pass from Alexis Sánchez, dispatched a whip from outside the area that slipped into the right corner below Renny Vega. Great goal to celebrate with the indexes covering their ears.
The memory of Chile playing in Venezuela is favorable, but from La Roja they know that they cannot be trusted despite the statistics. Will the ‘team of all’ celebrate again or will there be a llanero hit?
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