A striker’s note Victor Roqueanother from Pedrinho and one from Andrey brought Brazil closer to the U20 World Cup in Indonesia this Friday, as the team from Ramon Menezes beat a combative Venezuela 3-0, which was sunk due to a lack of effectiveness in front of the goal in a game in which they dominated the first half.
With their victory at the Techo de Bogotá stadium, where the game of the second round of the South American final hexagonal was played, Canarinha reached six points and shares the lead with Uruguay, while Vinotinto is fourth with one unit.
Accompanied in the stands by several thousand Venezuelans, those led by Argentine Fabricio Coloccini stood up to their rival and began to do damage, especially with long balls that revealed the defensive deficiencies of Canarinha.
However, the first clarification came from Brazil when Guilherme Biro enabled Vitor Roque, who despite being marked managed to get a shot from the edge of the area that demanded goalkeeper Frankarlos Benítez at 14. La Vinotinto responded and arrived on the next play, a corner kick in which Bryant Ortega he sent a short pass on the edge of the area to Yerson Chacón, who turned and took a pumped shot that made Mycael stretch.
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The Venezuelan team continued to attack and had another clear one at 33 when Chacón took another shot that brushed past Mycael’s right post, who then saved the clearest shot from La Vinotinto that was a Kevin Kelsy header. In the second half, however, Canarinha came out with a different attitude and began to attack and had a chance moments after the ball rolled again.
Vitor Roque wasted, only under the goal and with the goalkeeper already beaten, the first chance to open the scoring. The Athletico Paranaense gunner soon claimed his claim. In the 49th minute, midfielder Alexsander leaked a pass and the South American striker scored his sixth goal in the tournament before goalkeeper Benítez left.
La Vinotinto never had the momentum of the first half again and in the complementary stage they had many difficulties to break the Brazilian defense, which was organized with the midfielder Andrey as the axis. Those led by Menezes took advantage of that to try to damage the counterattack and were even about to widen the difference with a shot from Giovane that made Benítez a figure.
That pressure paid off and that’s how it came to 2-0 in a counterattack in which André sent a cross to Pedrinho, who without stopping the ball took a creeping shot that sealed the fate of the Venezuelans. The final blow came at 90 when Andrey took advantage of a bad clearance from the Brazilian defense to score his fifth goal in the tournament. On the third day, scheduled for Monday, Canarinha will face Paraguay, while Vinotinto will risk their lives against Uruguay.
Synthesis
3. Brazil: Mycael; Arthur, Jean, Robert, Patryck (d.86, Kaiki); Andrey, Marlon Gomes, Alexsander (m.86, Ronald), Guilherme Biro (m.71, Pedrinho); Giovane (m.71, André) and Vitor Roque (m.92, Renan Viana). Coach: Ramon Menezes.
0. Venezuela: Frankarlos Benitez; Alejandro Cova, Santiago Gomez, Carlos Rojas, Andry Vera; César da Silva (m.57, Telasco Segovia), Bryant Ortega (m.77, Emerson Ruiz), Yerson Chacón (m.77, Néstor Jiménez), Andrés Romero (m.57, Lewuis Peña); Brayan Alcócer (m.66, David Martínez) and Kevin Kelsy. Coach: Fabricio Coloccini.
Goal: 1-0, m.48: Vitor Roque. 2-0, m.84: Pedrinho. 3-0, m.90: Andrey. Referee: Bolivian Ivo Mendez. He booked César Da Silva, Bryant Ortega and Telasco Segovia. Incidents: Match of the second day of the final hexagonal of the South American Sub’20 played at the Techo stadium, in Bogotá.
EFE
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