The Venezuelan National Team began its journey through the season with a great victory. Copa América United States 2024 after completing an exciting comeback against Ecuador (1-2) that played with one less from the 22nd minute after the expulsion of its captain, Enner Valencia.
The experienced Ecuadorian forward saw a direct red card after kicking José Martínez hard and although in principle he had only seen yellow for that action after a VAR review the decision was changed and he ended up being sent off.
Despite this, the Ecuadorian National Team managed to take the lead in the final part of the first half through Jeremy Sarmiento who took advantage of a bad clearance by the Venezuelan defense to send a shot and make the score 1-0.
However, in the second half came the reaction of Vinotinto, who for the first time in their history in the Copa América managed to come back from a game. National coach Fernando “Bocha” Batista brought on Jhonder Cádiz and Eduard Bello and both were in charge of leading to victory.
First it was the turn of the tall striker who, after receiving a ball inside the area from a pass from Salomón Rondón, sent a shot that deflected off an Ecuadorian defender to make it 1-1 at minute 64. Ten minutes later, Bello appeared to give him definitive figures. to the Venezuelan victory.
The Mazatlán FC player in Liga MX took advantage of a rebound after a header, once again from the Venezuelan captain Salomón Rondón, to beat a southern defender and send the ball away, unleashing Venezuelan uproar at the Levi’s Stadium in California.
Venezuela began to dominate and even had an opportunity to extend its advantage, once again through Jhonder Cádiz, who chose to end a counterattack with a shot that was deflected by the defense instead of giving the ball to a side where there was a best positioned partner.
La Vinotinto by “Bocha” Batista, who has been questioned for not having played friendly matches in his preparation for the Copa América 2024, begins his journey through the competition on the right foot where he seeks to equal or better his best performance in a tournament of these, with the quarterfinals achieved in Argentina 2011.
The Venezuelan team opened the actions of Group B of the tournament with victory, which also includes the teams of Mexico and Jamaica who will face each other later. Vinotinto’s next duel will be against El Tri on Thursday at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
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