Segundo Tiempo

Tan solo bastaron algunos segundos del segundo tiempo del partido para que el equipo colombiano anotara el tanto de la victoria, un gol de pizarra, desborde por la banda derecha mientras el lateral hace un movimiento de señuelo para abrir más espacios al mediocampista y un pase aéreo milimétrico a un goleador como Borré hace que el conjunto colombiano tome la ventaja que posteriormente significaría la victoria.

El equipo colombiano realiza ajustes dentro del campo posicionalmente, que le permite desde el final del primer tiempo mejorar su posesión y dominio del balón, uno de los aspectos importantes fue el cambiar de posición a Cuadrado, el capitán colombiano retrocede su posición para ser el primer pase, dejándole la banda a los extremos y laterales para pases largos, tan solo este movimiento hizo que Colombia comenzara a dominar el Medio Campo.

Lerma también es un jugador clave para el medio campo y es un jugador que tienen un recorrido interesante en cada partido, este jugador pudo ser un equilibrio importante cortando el juego de Venezuela y salir jugando con pase claro.

Otro aspecto importante fue que se utilizó a Luis Díaz como señuelo, liberando a otros jugadores, la entrada de Jorge Carrascal también dio una dinámica interesante al equipo colombiano, quien desde el gol dominó a plenitud el partido.

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Reacción del equipo de Venezuela

Uno de los aspectos más criticados de la selección de Venezuela es la limitada reacción en este tipo de partidos, la estructura del equipo se limita al momento de estar 1-0 en contra, es como si el objetivo es no encajar una goleada en contra, sin embargo, pienso que es un tema mental y anímico debido a que la reacción desde el banquillo a mi parecer fue positiva.

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El técnico de la selección de Venezuela, Fernando Batista, realizó cambios sobre la estructura táctica del equipo, añadiendo más jugadores ofensivos y cambiando a un volante defensivo como Yangel Herrera, dándole oportunidad a Jefferson Soteldo y a Josef Martínez, la movilidad de ambos jugadores es buena y le otorga dinámica al equipo, sin embargo, el medio campo era totalmente dominado por los colombianos diluyendo esa tímida reacción venezolana en el campo de juego.

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Comienza las Eliminatorias

A penas comienza esta aventura, este es un partido que según el calendario lo más importante era no traer una goleada desde Barranquilla, era un partido que posiblemente estaba marcado como una posible derrota, sin embargo, el verdadero reto que tiene la selección Venezolana es ganar en casa y sobre todo los partidos contra los rivales directos, se podría decir que la visita a Bolivia, Paraguay, Perú sería más accesible teniendo en cuenta de que deben cosechar la mayor cantidad de puntos posibles en tierras venezolanas si se desea cumplir ese esquivo sueño de participar en un mundial.

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Play-offs begin

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The great hope returns, for football lovers it is a feeling that comes from the passion that becomes a dream, for Venezuelans, that dream is that our national anthem is recited in a World Cup, to have a presence in the World Cup is something that our parents and perhaps our grandparents have longed for, elimination after elimination returns that feeling of hope and optimism despite all the circumstances that obviously affects the Venezuelan football federation.

I have always tried to be objective in this type of article, however, as the famous sports journalist Richard Mendez once said, the national team shirt is "tattooed" on us, it is impossible to take it off and suppress that passion that oxygenates hope.

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Presentation of the Vinotinto in the South American Qualifiers

Venezuelan football has fallen into a dark hole, where there is no longer a clear optimism for the future, this is because it basically repeats the same squad that in the last qualifying round, meant the last place in the classification, without new blood and based only on aspects such as the technical team.

As I mentioned before, there is this blind optimism, but from an analytical and objective point of view, we know that the circumstances are uphill for Venezuela to qualify for the next World Cup.

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Venezuela vs. Colombia

This is a very important match for Venezuelans, it is a derby for us, however, as visitors Venezuela has not been effective against this opponent.

First Half

The first segment of the match was something like a game of chess, each team was waiting for the opponent's move, with a lot of respect between both teams.

From a tactical point of view I liked Venezuela's approach, as well as for several years now using Salomón Rondón as a striker who vital for aerial play, I was pleased with some good movement from Darwin Machis and Yangel Herrera, who had a clear scoring chance with a header.

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Venezuela played a very tactical game in the first half, in fact, they were very effective in containing the talented Colombian team and approaching the box on a couple of occasions. The direct order was to mark Luis Diaz 2-1, as the Liverpool player is undoubtedly the benchmark of this Colombia team.

Good pressure in the midfield to get away with a conservative, defence-based tactic from the Venezuelan team, getting a point out of Barranquilla seemed to be the desired goal and the first half gave some good impressions of the team, especially in a chance on the right flank that almost ended in a goal after a header from Yangel Herrera.

Colombia couldn't find the space, nor did they find a way to dominate the ball and the midfield in the first half, that was quite positive for the Venezuelan team who certainly individually are outplayed by the opposing team.

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Possible Yangel Herrera Penalty Kick

One of the plays that caught the most attention at the end of the first half, a push by Yangel Herrera on Jefferson Lerma, when analysing the situation we observed the Venezuelan looking at his opponent, but not at the ball, making a pushing movement with his arm and elbow on Lerma's waist, making him lose his balance, however, neither the main referee nor the Var marked the infraction.

From my point of view it was a penalty, perhaps the referee determined otherwise because there was no excessive force in the movement of Yangel and Lerma ends up taking advantage of the contact to fall, but it is a limitation that we have the viewers from the cameras, because after watching the replays, in particular it seems to me a penalty, especially seeing the intention of the Venezuelan although the real force with which he pushed Lerma can not be known.

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Second Half

It only took a few seconds of the second half of the match for the Colombian team to score the winning goal, a slate goal, a run down the right flank while the winger makes a decoy move to open more space for the midfielder and a millimetric aerial pass to a scorer like Borré makes the Colombian team take the lead that would later mean the victory.

The Colombian team made positional adjustments on the pitch, which allowed them to improve their possession and control of the ball from the end of the first half, one of the important aspects was to change Cuadrado's position, the Colombian captain moved back to be the first pass, leaving the wing to the wingers and full backs for long passes, this move alone made Colombia begin to dominate the midfield.

Lerma is also a key player for the midfield and is a player who has an interesting run in every game, this player could be an important balance cutting the Venezuela game and coming out playing with a clear pass.

Another important aspect was that Luis Diaz was used as a decoy, freeing up other players, the entry of Jorge Carrascal also gave an interesting dynamic to the Colombian team, who since the goal dominated the match to the full.

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Venezuela team reaction

One of the most criticized aspects of the Venezuela team is the limited reaction in this type of games, the structure of the team is limited at the time of being 1-0 down, it is as if the goal is not to concede a goal against, however, I think it is a mental and emotional issue because the reaction from the bench in my opinion was positive.

Changes to look for a reaction.

The coach of the Venezuelan national team, Fernando Batista, made changes to the tactical structure of the team, adding more offensive players and changing a defensive midfielder like Yangel Herrera, giving the opportunity to Jefferson Soteldo and Josef Martinez, the mobility of both players is good and gives dynamics to the team, however, the midfield was totally dominated by the Colombians diluting the timid Venezuelan reaction on the field.

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Playoffs begin

This is a match that according to the calendar the most important thing was not to bring a defeat from Barranquilla, it was a match that was possibly marked as a possible defeat, however, the real challenge for the Venezuelan team is to win at home and especially the matches against direct rivals, it could be said that the visit to Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru would be more accessible considering that they must collect as many points as possible on Venezuelan soil if they want to fulfill that elusive dream of participating in a World Cup.

Thank you for your reading, until next time

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