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Brazil kicked off the 2022 South American regional qualifying campaign with two spectacular victories over Bolivia (5-0) and Peru (4-2). Of course, these two destructive style victories must be associated with Neymar, the current number one soccer star in Samba.
Plus, Tite has made a game-changing tactical revolution: a 2-3-5 system when switching from defense to attack. Specifically, whenever Brazil holds the ball, Neymar is not “fixed” on the left side, but is allowed to move freely towards the center of the field in combination with Coutinho and always keep distance with Firmino kicking higher in attack. At that moment, the two defenders quickly rose to increase their attack fire.
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| Against Venezuela, Brazil lacked three important pillars, Neymar, Coutinho and Casemiro |
Faced with opponents who are not good at defending like Bolivia and Peru, Brazil easily settled the match. But in this meeting, Neymar was absent due to a groin injury. Coutinho also has health problems and central midfielder Casemiro is also absent due to a Covid-19 infection.
The Venezuelan rival is inferior to Brazil in all aspects, but it is the most progressive team in South America in the last five years thanks to its disciplined play, rich in strength and high solidarity.
The last time the two teams met was in the group stage of the Copa América 2019 (the tournament in which Brazil won the championship) and Venezuela stood out by bringing a 0-0 draw. That day, Neymar was also absent. The whole game, Brazil fired 19 shots, but 17 of them were made from outside the 16m50 line and only 1 shot hit the target, the parameters were enough to see how the Selecao was stagnant.
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| Brazil vs. Venezuela schedule |
In this reunion as mentioned above, Brazil lacks 3 important stars (Neymar, Coutinho, Casemiro). They are replaced by Gabriel Jesus (Man City), Allan (Everton) and Everton Ribeiro (with the national Flamengo). In addition, in the composition of Selecao, there are still many bright faces such as Firmino (Liverpool), Richarlison (Allan’s teammate at Everton) or the midfielder pair who once stood side by side at PSG: Thiago Silva vs Marquinhos.
Contrary to the predictions of some experts (Brazil will play cautiously due to lack of personnel and will be attentive to the annoyance of opponents), the five-time World Cup winning team has entered jubilant and continues to defend Imposing public to goal Venezuelan.
It was only until minute 7 that the Venezuelan network had to vibrate. Marquinhos sent a long pass down the left wing to Renan Lodi and the Atlético defender, after entering the area, made an ugly “half pass” that forced the rival goalkeeper to hit the ball. Richarliso managed to prevent the visitors from raising another goal.
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| Brazil has encountered many difficulties against Venezuela playing goalkeeper with the entire team concentrated in the home field |
However, the linesman raised the flag for offside, probably from the moment Renan Lodi received the ball. The VAR team then also confirmed that there was an offside with the referee, so the goal was not counted. The yellow-green team also quickly forgot about the situation to continue attacking.
But Venezuela is really very upset. They focus on the whole team in the home field and are very hard-working and have no need to respond to the ball. Brazil has always had the ball above 70% and is very diverse in how to tackle the opponent’s goal. However, most of the ball, if it can penetrate Venezuela’s 16m50 area, will also be destroyed before goalkeeper Farínez has to intervene.
Of course, when there is a deadlock, long-term solutions are always considered. In the 28th minute, receiving the ball from Allan, Firmino launched an awkward kick from a distance of about 25 meters, but goalkeeper Farinez dumped the ball into the corner.
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| Douglas Luiz (yellow) – The owner of one of Brazil’s two rejected goals in the first half |
A few minutes later, Selecao had the opportunity to eat the best table since the start of the game. On the left wing, Renan Lodi hung the ball in the 16m50 area and Jesús rushed to push the ball to Richarlison, but before the goal was completely empty and the distance was less than 5m, the striker finished connecting.
In the 41st minute, second half of the match, Venezuela had to vibrate after a messy situation when 2-3 shots were fired and Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) finally put the ball into the net. But once again the referee said no to goal because he thought that goalkeeper Farínez was illegally prevented by the Brazilian players.
At the beginning of the second half, coach Tite threw Lucas Paqueta (who used to use AC Milan and now joined Lyon) onto the field to increase his ability to create the ball and be creative in midfield to break the defense system. multi-layered opponent. In the 52nd minute, the match was interrupted for a few minutes when even the VAR team seemed to disagree on a sensitive ball that was being produced in Venezuela’s 16m50 area.
Of course, even if the VAR is applied, the final decision remains in the hands of the referee and after directly examining the situation through the screen on the field, the king of the field did not allow the Brazilian owner to enjoy. penalty fee.
However, Brazil finally found the goal to get out of the deadlock. In the 67th minute, Everton Ribeiro made his way down the right wing and then passed. Venezuelan Osorio appeared to prevent Jesús and Richarlison from getting close to the ball, but accidentally made a header to make it easier for opposing forward Firmino to kick the net.
The visitors complained asking the referee to consult the VAR team because they thought Osorio was illegally affected, but unlike the two previous occasions, the decision was made to recognize the goal. With a goal in hand, Brazil is too reassuring to play when Venezuela does not dare to win the tie and remains absolutely faithful to the “rival defense” tactic.
TEAM
BRAZIL XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Danilo, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Renan Lodi; Douglas Luiz (Lucas Paqueta 46 ‘), Allan, Everton Ribeiro; Gabriel Jesus (Éverton Soares 77 ‘), Roberto Firmino, Richarlison (Pedro Guilherme 77’).
VENEZUELA XI (4-2-3-1): Wuilker Farinez; Roberto Rosales (Alexander González 65 ‘), Yordan Osorio, Wilker Angel, Rolf Feltscher (Del Pino 18’); Yeferson Soteldo (Otero 65 ‘), Tomas Rincon; Darwin Machis, Christian Casseres, Junior Moreno; Salomon Rondon.
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