Chile and Venezuela face each other for fifth place in the women’s Copa América and keep the last spot for the Repechage to the 2023 World Cup.
Chile y Venezuela will fight this Sunday for a place in the playoffs of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand 2023 in the match for fifth place in the Women’s America Cup of Colombia, which will be played at the Centenario stadium in the Colombian city of Armenia.
The duel is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. in our countrythis Sunday July 24.
La Roja and La Vinotinto come to this match after losing 4-0 to Colombia and 0-1 to Argentina, respectively, on the last day of the group stage, in which both teams finished third in their zone.
For the Venezuelan coach, the Italian Pamela Contielimination in the group stage is now behind them and “against Chile it is yet another final”, in which they will seek a playoff that will bring them closer to their first Women’s World Cup.
Along these lines, the duel against La Roja will be the opportunity for La Vinotinto to improve their aim in front of goal, something that cost them and in which, Conti even said, they must improve.
The coach relies on the work of her two forwards, Deyna Castellanos and Oriana Altuve, to turn the page and it is expected that they will be supported by midfielders Raiderlin Vargas and Ysaura Viso, who have shown a good level in the tournament.
The doubts, however, will be in the center of the field where Conti has not found a fixed eleven, which is why Dayana Rodríguez and Gabriela García -converted to midfielder- may appear, as well as Lourdes Moreno and Sonia O’neill.
Chile wants to learn from its mistakes against Venezuela
Chile, for its part, has been hit by the rout that Colombia gave it and will try to improve the image left in the last games to get into the World Cup playoffs, since the dream of those led by Joseph Letelier is to go to the second consecutive World Cup.
The biggest doubt that the Chilean team will have will be that of Francisca Lara, who missed the duel with Colombia due to covid-19. It is also not clear that the players Daniela Pardo and Javiera Toro, who are recovering from ailments that took them out of the duel with the hosts, can play this game.
“Venezuela has historically been an important team,” said Letelier, whose continuity is in doubt due to the poor results and did not hide his discomfort at not fighting for direct qualification to the World Cup.
Despite the casualties, La Roja will have their great figure on the field, goalkeeper Christiane Endler, as well as striker Daniela Zamora, defender Carla Guerrero and midfielder Karen Araya, who are part of the backbone with which the team has played the tournament.
It is worth mentioning that Chile and Venezuela played two friendly duels in our country before the Copa América, both with triumphs for the llaneras, so they hope to have learned from their mistakes and prevail in this crucial duel.