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The accurate shot opened Venezuela’s door to the playoffs, despite the country’s national team participating in the tournament for the first time.
Below third place, this team will not fall, and with six points, it will definitely be among the 16 national teams that will compete in the eighth final.
This victory is especially grateful for the Lithuanians, who are competing for third place, which could provide an opportunity to fight in the next stage of the championship.
Everything in this group must be determined by Saturday’s game between the Lithuanian and Costa Rican teams. It is true that the Lithuanians will play with their favorite Kazakh team on Wednesday night and in case of success
Our national team and Kazakhstan play in this group. In the first match, the Kazakhs defeated the representatives of North America 6: 1, and the representatives of South America, the Venezuelans, broke Lithuania 2: 1.
At the end of the first and only goal in the first half – 18 min. won by Venezuelan Rafael Morillo. In less than a minute, the Costa Rican players had a hard time on the field and their opponents only tried to push the ball out of the goal with their hands, feet and head.
The offensive side even asked for a review to see if there really was no goal, but Chinese referee Ran An did not see a leveling goal during the VAR review.
In the second half of the match, both teams had several chances to score, but the shots were not accurate. There are 6 minutes left to fight. The Costa Rican team was already attacking the rival goal with the goalkeeper, exposing his side. However, the success of the Costa Rican team was not accompanied.
Venezuela took the reins of this time with a 31% ball possession. The Costa Rikos players sent the ball off in the 27th minute.
