Venezuela fell 1-0 to Ecuador, which remains third in the South American qualifier with 20 points and behind Brazil and Argentina.
Leonardo González, coach of Venezuela, confessed that he feels “calm” and “happy” with the performance of Vinotinto despite the 1-0 defeat this Thursday against Ecuador, on the thirteenth date of the South American qualifier to Qatar-2022 .
“We put a lot of emphasis on the brand, on the marking work in the area. Personally, I am calm and happy with how the team responded today to those stopped balls and to those aerial balls, ”González said at a press conference after the game in Quito.
Venezuela fell 1-0 to Ecuador, which remains third in the South American qualifier with 20 points and behind Brazil and Argentina. With no hope of going to the Qatar-2022 World Cup, Vinotinto is in tenth and last place in the World Cup with 7 points.
Piero Hincapié scored for Ecuador in the 41st minute. The duel, which was played at the Rodrigo Paz stadium, had the flavor of revenge, as the Ecuadorian team fell in Caracas 2-1 a month ago.
Next Tuesday the tricolor will measure forces against Chile in Santiago, while Venezuela will host Peru.
González added that he is “calm about the disposition and delivery of the group”, when there are five days left for the tickets for Qatar-2022 to be defined.
Vinotinto captain Tomás Rincón, for his part, pointed out that the team must recover soon to face the Inca squad. “We want to play a good game,” he said.
He also recognized that there was a failure to control the stopped ball that led to a goal for Ecuador just when the Venezuelans were “controlling” the game well. (D)
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