Vinotinto falls to Ecuador and complicates its path to the 2026 World Cup

The Venezuela selection fell 2-1 to its similar to Ecuador on the 13th date of the South American Conmebol qualifiers with a view to the World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the US 2026.

Usener Valencia, with a volley shot at minute 39, beat the Venezuelan goalkeeper Rafael Romo, after a long vite pass to the right sector, to open the score by the premises.

As soon as the actions were restarted in the second half, Valencia scored his double, after a bad pass from the Venezuelan that left the Ecuadorian gunner hand hand with the archer Romo.

Jhonder Cádiz, who replaced Rondón towards the end of the match, marked the discount at the 90th minute, after a corner that he had caused with a powerful shot at minute 89, but that a snack of goalkeeper Galíndez cleared the ball towards the corner shot.

At the edge of the final whistle, Soteldo received the ball on the edge of the area, but his shot passed over the rival arch, when it seemed that visitors tied the game.

Venezuela had had the opportunity to discount at minute 53, but Solomon Rondón could not finish when he received the ball in front of the goalkeeper Galíndez.

The goalkeeper Rafael Romo avoided 3-0 to stop a penalty charged at minute 69 by Valencia, who sought to consume a hat trick, but whose shot was guessed by the Venezuelan.

Ecuador exercised a strong dominance of the ball throughout the game and wasting three clear goal occasions in the first half, one from Valencia itself at minute 16, another from Franco to 30 and one more from Corozo to 35.

With this result, Venezuela remained in the eighth position of the qualifiers with 12 points, surpassed by Bolivia, which remains in the seventh box (which would send him to the repechage), with 13 points.

Ecuador momentarily rose to the second position, with 22 points, waiting for the Uruguay-Argentina result.

Venezuela’s next commitment will be as a local against Peru on Wednesday 26.

ALIGNMENTS: Ecuador: Galíndez, Ordonez (Yeboah 63 ′), Torres, Pacho and Estupiñán; Silver, Caicedo, Franco, Vite and Corozo (Mercado 63 ‘) and Valencia (Rodríguez 84’).

Venezuela: Romo, Makoun, Mejías, Ferraresi and González; Well (Rincon 45 ′), Casseres JR and Segovia (Vargas 61 ′) (Hurtado 77 ′); Mendoza (Soteldo 45 ′), Rondón (Cádiz 61 ′) and beautiful.