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The Venezuela national team will play the double date of the South American Qualifiers against Argentina Thursday, October 10 and before Paraguay on Tuesday, October 15. The Red wine He hasn’t won in four games. For its part, the Albicelestecomes from a defeat against Colombia in Barranquilla, while the Albirrojacomes from beating Brazil and is excited.
The group led by Lionel Scaloni comes after the setback he suffered in Barranquilla, however, with the return of Lionel Messi Those summoned are excited to return to the path of victory. The albiceleste will have to deal with a large number of casualties for these matches, since they will not be able to count on the presence of “The Hole” Martínez by suspension and Grenache, Dybala, González, Acuna, Mac Allister y Pezzellaalthough the latter could reach Tuesday’s meeting.
The brand new coach of the Guaraní National Team, Gustavo Alfaroachieved a very important victory against one of the best teams in the world such as Brazil last date. For the next double date he recovered two important players such as Vats y Bobadillawho could not be there due to various injuries previously.
The first match, between Venezuela and Argentinaa, is scheduled for this Thursday October 10 and it will be played at the Monumental Stadium of Maturín from 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 14.00 Pacific hours.
The second match will be played on Next Tuesday, October 15 in it Defensores del Chaco Stadium in Asunción. There, Paraguay will receive Venezuela at 16.00 Pacific time, 19.00 Eastern time.
For those who wish to follow him on television, in USA will be available through FuboTV and in Mexico will be transmitted through the platform FIFA+.
The Argentina remains at the top of the rankings with 18 pointsclosely followed by Colombia with 16, Uruguay with 15 y Ecuador with 11 units. Venezuela is in sixth position with 10 pointswhile Paraguay is in seventh place with nine units and aspires to continue adding to keep alive the chance of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The development of the South American Qualifiers is shown very competitive in these early dates, with several teams fighting for privileged positions. The confrontation will be key to define if Venezuela can continue adding points and thus separate itself from its closest pursuers or if the team led by Lionel Messi can return to victory.
Since the first confrontation in 1967, both teams faced each other in 27 occasions. The albiceleste demonstrated its superiority by taking the victory in 23 of those meetingswhile Venezuela managed to win only in of opportunities. The remaining two matches ended in draws.
Since the first confrontation in 1967, both teams faced each other in 28 occasions. The Albirroja demonstrated its superiority by taking the victory in 18 of those meetingswhile the Red wine managed to prevail only in five opportunities. The remaining five matches ended in a draw.
These histories put into perspective the challenge that those led by Fernando Batista. However, the Venezuelan team is excited about having a good South American Qualifiers and going to the world cup for the first time in its history.
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