Venezuela is living its golden moment and is already in the quarterfinals of the Copa América

Venezuela secured their place in the quarterfinals of the America Cup after beating 1-0 Mexico in the second day of Group B with a goal from Solomon Rondon.

With the victory, Venezuela reached six points in first place in the group, followed by Ecuador and Mexico with three. Jamaica is at the bottom without adding.

In the match played at the SoFi stadium in Inglewood, California, Mexico had the first chance to score in the 19th minute when Santiago Giménez controlled a long pass from Luis Chávez and was in front of goalkeeper Rafael Romo, who saved the Mexican forward’s shot.

Venezuela, which had not reached the Mexico area, came close to opening the scoring in the 34th minute with a shot from Rondón that hit the left post.

Mexico continued to dominate the match and generated several goal opportunities that they were not able to achieve when the last shot failed.

For the second half, Venezuela began to dominate the match and generate dangerous scoring opportunities.

Goalkeeper Julio González prevented the Caribbean from scoring in the 49th minute when he blocked a powerful shot by Yeferson Soteldo.

Venezuela continued to press and scored the winning goal in the 57th minute with a penalty that Rondón scored after Julián Quiñones fouled Jon Aramburu inside the area.

After the goal, the cast led by Fernando Batista They ceded control of the match to Mexico, which despite their dominance could not achieve their options due to failures in finishing and the wise interventions of Romo.

The clearest option that the North American team had to tie was in the 87th minute by way of a penalty kick, but Romo avoided the goal by deflecting Orbelín Pineda’s shot, diving on his right side.

Mexico will have to beat Ecuador on Sunday to advance to the next phase, while Venezuela will close the group stage against Jamaica, which has already been eliminated.