Venezuela has the opportunity to enter the playoff for a place in the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand 2023. The team led by Pamela Conti will seek this Sunday (8:00 p.m.) to beat Chile for the first time in the Copa América. The focus and the pressure is on maintaining the dream of going to the World Cup.
At the Centenario stadium in the Colombian city of Armenia, La Roja and La Vinotinto come to this match after losing 4-0 to Colombia and 0-1 with Argentina, respectively, on the last day of the group stage, in which both teams finished third in their group.
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The national team has to recover its essence to be able to fly high. And what better scenario than against a team they have already played twice prior to the tournament. The two victories in the previous friendlies do not guarantee a victory, but it does allow them to readjust the eleven and enter the pitch with greater confidence.
The mentality of the team is the one that Pamela Conti manages. The coach has already left behind the elimination in the group stage and is only focused on the present “against Chile it is another final,” she said in the previous one. A final whose reward is having the opportunity to get closer to the main objective: to qualify for the Women’s World Cup for the first time.
We fall, ð §ð ¨ð ¬ ð ¥ð žð ¯ð šð §ð ð šð ¦ð ¨ð ¬.
In the face of adversity, ð ¥ð ®ð œð ¡ð šð ¦ð ¨ð ¬.
We breathe and ð ¬ð žð ð ®ð ¢ð ¦ð ¨ð ¬ ð šð §ð ð šð §ð ð ¨.
The illusion ð ¢ð §ð ð šð œð ð š.
The mind, ð ¬ð ¢ð žð ¦ð ©ð «ð ž ð œð ¥ð šð «ð š.
One more step. ð ”ð § ð ©ð šð ¬ð ¨ ð š ð ð šð «.
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That is why this match is the opportunity for Vinotinto to improve its forcefulness in front of the goal. A characteristic that was not present against Argentina, despite creating enough chances to win the match. Now it’s up to Dayna Castellanos, Oriana Altuve, Raiderlin Vargas, Mariana Speckmaier, Ysaura Viso and Gabriela García to redeem themselves against Chile to adjust their aim facing goal.
An aim that Oriana Altuve had already fine-tuned during the friendlies that were played prior to the Copa América. Altuve scored a hat-trick against Chile and today the country hopes that he can have a similar performance in the most important game for the team.
The coach trusts her two forwards and they return her trust with these statements from the voice of their captain, Deyna: “With you to death”.
Although the doubts focus on the center of the field with Dayana Rodríguez, Lourdes Moreno, Sonia O’neill and Gabriela García -a forward converted to a midfielder-. In the midfield, the team has not found a good dynamic and the irregularity in this area makes it difficult to contain turnovers for a defensive line that seeks to recover from the error against Argentina.
La Vinotinto has met twice in the Copa América against Chile and has lost in both games. Today it’s time to reverse the statistics and obtain the first victory that allows us to enter the playoffs.
Chile, meanwhile, arrives with a landslide from Colombia and will try to improve the image left in recent games to get into the World Cup playoffs, since the dream of those led by José Antonio 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.
Thus, Chile arrives touched and without performing a good competition. Venezuela depends on itself and on its capabilities to take advantage of the game.
That is why he must go to death. This is the last game, the last chance to believe and keep the World Cup dream. Go Venezuela!