Venezuela extended its great moment with the help of Bocha Batista and beat Ecuador this Saturday at the start of Group B of the Copa América 2024. It was 2-1 in a match that had El Tri ahead in the first half due to a goal from Jeremy Sarmientowhen your team I played with 10 for the early red card to Enner Valenciauntil Vinotinto reversed it thanks to the many Jhonder Cádiz and Eduard Bello.
At 20 minutes came the action that broke the game: Ecuador had the first arrival, with an appearance by Yeboah that had a great response from Romo, and On the rebound, Valencia went after it with his leg very high: he ended up hitting José Martínez with a tremendous blow.. Wilmar Roldán first admonished him, but after The VAR review showed him the red and Ecuador was left with ten very early in the game.
Even so, El Tri gained the advantage before the end of the first half: a free kick by Páez had a defective rejection by the Venezuelan defense and Sarmiento captured the rebound and made it 1-0.
In addition, at 18 Venezuela quickly made a lateral, Rondón pivoted and Cádiz scored the tie with a shot next to the post.
Ten minutes later, the former River player once again created a situation with a good header that Domínguez blocked and found the rebound on the rebound. arrival of Bello, who made it 2-1, anticipating Pacho.
Ecuador had no choice but to go in search of equality, leaving spaces with ten players, and Venezuela could not take advantage of any of the counters to finish the match.
That led Bocha Batista’s team to suffer until the end, because in stoppage time, the Ecuadorians managed to settle the match on the rival field, but Venezuela’s 2-1 score ended up being finalized with the final whistle.
