Colombia beat Venezuela 2-1 on Sunday and buried his intentions to qualify for the U-20 World Cup on the last date of the final hexagonal of the South American.
The Vinotinto needed a win in the El Campín stadium in Bogotá against the local team, which qualified for the highest event in Indonesia in advance.
Ecuador gets a ticket to the U-20 World Cup
But a goal by Alexis Castillo Manyoma violated that illusion in the minute 18. After a combination of several passes in the rival field by the coffee growers, the midfielder received with his left leg and finished off with his right foot from medium distance.
At minute 39, Castillo stole the ball from the Venezuelan star, Telasco Segovia, and assisted with a parabolic pass to Jorge Cabezas, who burst the goalkeeper’s goal.
Venezuela discounted with a left whip from the side Alejandro Cova in the 64th minute.
Brayan Alcócer, author of five of his team’s six goals in the tournament, this time could not come to the rescue of those led by the Argentine Fabricio Coloccini.
In a simultaneous duel Ecuador beat Paraguay 2-1 with a goal from Justin Cuero and surpassed Venezuela in the table by two points.
So the Tricolor obtained the fourth and last ticket from South America to the World Cupwhich starts in May.
Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia had already secured their qualification to that competition and to the Pan American Games in Santiago. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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