The choice of Venezuela on Tuesday saved an important 1-1 draw against Peru within Lima National Stadiumtied itself to fourth position in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and will leave Peru at the bottom of the South American competition table.
A goal scored by Jefferson Savarino In 53 minutes he tied the score with the score he won in 17 minutes Yoshimar Yotunand allowed the Red wine add 9 units and stay in the qualifying zone of the World Cup.
Perufor its part, showed moments of good football in the first half, but in the second it fell back into the lagoon of mistakes and the low level that buried its aspirations to close the year from last place in the classification, which if where it covers only 2 units for six days.
Despite the unpleasant tie, the Bicolor He showed his best minutes of play in the current qualifying rounds in the first half of the match, which he dominated with solvency, although he could only score one goal despite having several clear options.
With intense pressure in the middle and strong scoring, the locals took the first option in danger on 6 minutes, when Alexander Callens He headed a free kick but his shot went a little wide.
Three minutes later, the Bicolor launched a series of shots, the first of Yotúnwhich was blocked by the goalkeeper Rafael Romoanother one of Quispe which fell on the leg of a defender and the last of Not here which was again touched by a Venezuelan and narrowly missed.
The dominance of the home owners was rewarded on 17 when Yotún appeared like lightning to open the account with a powerful header after receiving a high cross from the right of Grimaldo.
From that moment the game became highly contested in the middle, with Peru maintaining control of the ball and closing the ranks to the Venezuelan attempts, which passed through the legs of Soteldo and Darwin Machís.
In the last minutes, Venezuela He was able to balance the actions and achieve some free throws, although there was no real danger, but with a clear preview of the predominance he will exercise in the second half.
The field seemed to be leaning in the opposite direction from the start of the second half, with Peru looking very nervous and Venezuela ready to look for a better result.
That attitude was allowed Savarino matched the score at 53, with a low and crossed shot after Peruvian winger Marcos López got past the baseline of Machís.
In one of the few obvious local options, Drama He wanted to surprise with a high shot almost from the middle of the court, but Romo managed to send the ball to the corner kick.
Venezuela responded with another strong finish at 72, when Machís finished strongly but Welsh He showed his reflexes to avoid Vinotinto’s second, then the actions were concentrated in the central sector without much risk for both goals until the end of the game.
Data sheet:
1. Peru: Peter Gallese; Aldo Corzo, Renato Tapia, Alexander Callens, Marcos López (m.83, Paolo Guerrero), Yoshimar Yotún, Pedro Aquino (m.83, Wilder Cartagena), Joao Grimaldo (m.64, Franco Zanelatto), Bryan Reyna (m. 54, Edison Flores), Piero Quispe (m.64, André Carrillo) and Gianluca Lapadula.
Selector: Juan Reynoso.
1. Venezuela: Rafael Romo; Miguel Navarro, Wilker Ángel, Yordan Osorio, Alexander González, Yeferson Soteldo, Yangel Herrera (m.93, Samuel Sosa), Júnior Moreno (m.84, Edson Castillo), Jefferson Savarino (m.76, Cristian Cásseres), Salomón Rondón (d.84, Eric Ramírez) and Darwin Machís.
Selector: Fernando Batista.
The objectives: 1-0, m.17: Yoshimar Yotún. 1-1, m.53: Jefferson Savarino.
Referee: Argentine Daniel Herrera warned Darwin Machís, Marcos López, Yordan Osorio and Pedro Aquino.
Incidents: against on the sixth day of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup played at the National Stadium in Lima.
Source: La Verdad
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