With a defender’s goal Piero Hincapié (ex Talleres, from Córdoba) of Bayer Leverkusen, Ecuador secured the three points before their match on Tuesday in Santiago against Chile, after a match in which they had to fight against Venezuela, which, knowing that it was eliminated, risked and was aggressive . In fact, he had already beaten him in the first leg by 2 to 1 at home.
The injuries, suspensions and the low level of some footballers, forced Alfaro to turn to young people, to the point that he entered the field with five players under 23 years old among the starters.
The youth were Hincapié, Caicedo, Plata, Sarmiento and Reasco, who do not exceed 23 years. And the last two played their first matches with the Ecuadorian “Tri” shirt.
While Venezuela exhibited two details of attention for the Argentine public, since one of its central defenders, Nahuel Ferraresi, is the son of Adolfo “Pocho” Ferraresi, a scorer emerged in Ferro Carril Oeste who passed through Villa Dálmine and Chacarita Juniors and developed almost his entire career in the 1980s and early 1990s in Venezuela.
And in the second half he entered the “Vinotinto” Junior Leonardo Moreno, son of also Argentine Carlos Horacio Moreno, who made his debut in Almagro in Argentina and then spent his entire career in Venezuelan teams, until he managed the Venezuelan team in 1989.
Ecuador stood in a dominant position, while Venezuela, Also with many casualties, he adopted a studious attitude until in minute 4 ‘Tomás Rincón changed front to the right and the AEK Larnaca player from Cyprus, Roberto Rosales, overflowed and threatened with a cross but hit the near post very hard , forcing an intervention by Alexander Domínguez who managed to clear the danger.
The offensive attitude of Ecuador, but also the lack of pressure in Venezuela generated a round trip with attempts by both to reach the goal, as at 20 minutes when Reasco kicked from 35 meters and the ball fell very fast, passing just above the crossbar.
The tranquility of Venezuela was noticeable in the disposition in the field of play, since González arranged line of three with Ferraresi-Osorio and Martínez, while Rosales he was a winger thrown on the attack and stopped in midfield indistinctly.
After 40 minutes the tranquility arrived for Gustavo Alfaro when The payment He executed a free kick to the center of the area with great precision, Hincapié headed in and anticipated Rafael Romo that touched her but could not avoid the Ecuadorian goal.
The goal went to the VAR, which had to decide if there was offside and if Hincapié had touched it with his hand. Those in charge of the VAR made the public wait for almost 5 minutes, until they validated the goal.
In the second half Ecuador I look calmer, safer, but Venezuela He showed self-confidence when he saw himself without pressure and that is why he kept looking for the goal defended by the veteran Alexander Domínguez, as in the free kick of Darwin Machis, forward of the Spanish Granada, who went very close to the crossbar.
In the changes Alfaro looked for fresh air, strengthen the midfield and tie Venezuela, while Leo González changed his entire forward as an incentive for his leaders to seek a tie.
The minutes went by with actions in front of the two goals, but without the goalkeepers having a lot of work, until the final whistle came.
= Synthesis =
Ecuador: Alexander Domínguez; Byron Castillo, Félix Torres, Piero Hincapié and Christian Cruz; Carlos Gruezo, Djorkaeff Reasco, Jeremy Sarmiento; Ayrton Preciado, Gonzalo Plata and Moisés Caicedo. DT: Gustavo Alfaro.
Venezuela: Rafael Romo; Nahuel Ferraresi, Yordan Osorio, Adrián Martínez, Roberto Rosales; Tomás Rincón, Darwin Machis, José Martínez; Brayan Hurtado, Daniel Carrillo and Eric Ramírez. DT: Leo González.
Goal in the first half: 41m Hincapié (E),
Changes in the second half: At the start: Jan Hurtado by Ramírez (V); 19m. Janner Corozo for Reasco (E), Jordy Caicedo for Gruezo (E); Junior Moreno for Martínez (V) and Jefferson Savarino for Brayan Hurtado (V), 30m. Alan Franco Palma for Sarmiento (E); 36m.Jefre Vargas for Rosales (V); 41m. Joao Rojas for Silver (E) and Robert Arboleda for Cruz (E) and 43m. Luis Daniel González for Machis (V).
Admonished: Silver (E). Ramírez, José Martínez and Adrián Martínez (V).
Referee: Christian Ferreyra, from Uruguay.
Field: Rodrigo Paz Delgado Stadium.
Source From: Ambito
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