A double of Mateo Retegui gave a 2-1 victory to a gray Italian team on Thursday and left the Venezuelan team without a prize, forgiving a penalty taken by Solomon Rondon, in the friendly organized at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale (USA).
Venezuela called Italy at the home of Leo Messi at Inter Miami and had the best scoring opportunities, but his lack of success prevented him from being successful in these friendlies preparing for the Copa América and the Euro Cup next June.
Retegui, four goals in five games
Rondón, the great leader and top gunner of Venezuela, It packs no punches. He missed two clear chances and, in Italy, Retegui, former Boca Juniors forward, born in Argentina and naturalized Italian, He showed his scoring instinct to get coach Luciano Spalletti’s team out of trouble.
The now forward Genoa He has four goals in five games with the national team ‘azurra’ and punished a Vinotinto who equalized the first Italian goal thanks to Darwin Machís, after a serious failure in the defense of their rivals.
Donnarumma for a penalty against Rondón
Barely three minutes had passed when Rondón had an incredible chance to put Venezuela ahead. The Pachuca striker was knocked down in place of Alessandro Buongiorno after Italy’s defeat in the ball-out phase. however, He took the penalty lightly and Donnarumma was able to stop his shot.
Rondón will forgive again in the 20th minute when he finished off a low cross from Machís, but Venezuela continued to create the best chances and exposed the technical limitations of an Italy that lacked ideas.
It was a mistake by Venezuela, in a throw-in in their defensive half of the field, that led to the goal of the Italian advantage. Goalkeeper Romo failed to clear the ball, Italy recovered and Retegui, with good individual play, crossed the shot to overcome Luciano Spalletti’s team.
Venezuela paid the psychological blow, but that mistake was followed just three minutes later by a massive failure of the Italian defense.
Once the ball was released again, Bonaventura made a mistake on a defensive pass and He gave the ball to Machís so he could determine if he wanted to with the right, with Donnarumma out of the goal, and tied the rivalry 1-1.
Venezuela pays for its mistake against the goal
Italy controlled the ball better, but lacked spark and offensive ideas and Venezuela continued to create chances after the restart. Cádiz had a good chance, taking the field in the second half, but He forgave goalkeeper Donnarumma.
A lack of success ended up hurting Fernando Batista’s team. Italy improved with the changes and the introduction of Jorginho in midfield, with a defensive change from a line of five to one of four, increased the pressure of the ‘azzurri’.
And the penalty came in the 80th minute, when Jorginho opened the offensive play and Retegui converted it inside the area to seal his personal double and give Italy a 2-1 victory.
Data sheets
Italy: Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Buongiorno, Scalvini; Cambiaso, Locatelli, Bonaventura, Udogie; Frattesi, Chiesa, Retegui. Barella, Zaccagni, Jorginho, Pellegrini, Zaniolo and Raspadori also played.
Venezuela: Romo; Ferraresi, Ángel, Osorio; Navarro, Martínez, Casseres, Aramburu; Machís, Savarino; Rondon. Cádiz, Pereira, Otero,
Goals: 1-0, m.40: Retegui; 1-1, m.43: Machís; 2-1, m.80: Retegui.
Referee: Rubiel Vázquez (USA). No reprimands.
Incidents: Friendly match played at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale (USA) in front of nearly 15,000 spectators.
Source: La Verdad
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