FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CONMEBOL

Venezuela vs Paraguay, 2022 World Cup Qualifying - CONMEBOL

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CONMEBOL
Venezuela
    FT
    0 - 1
    Paraguay
    • 85': Gastón Giménez

    About

    Venezuela are hosting Paraguay at Estadio Metropolitano Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CONMEBOL.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Foul by Alberto Espínola (Paraguay).
    • 2': Rómulo Otero (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 5': Foul by Cristian Cásseres Jr (Venezuela).
    • 5': Ángel Romero (Paraguay) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 6': Cristian Cásseres Jr (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Foul by Adrián Cubas (Paraguay).
    • 6': Adrián Cubas (Paraguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 7': Darío Lezcano (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Foul by Wilker Ángel (Venezuela).
    • 10': Gastón Giménez (Paraguay) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Ángel Romero.
    • 10': Foul by Darío Lezcano (Paraguay).
    • 10': Wilker Ángel (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Darío Lezcano (Paraguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 12': Adrián Cubas (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 12': Foul by Yangel Herrera (Venezuela).
    • 14': Foul by Alberto Espínola (Paraguay).
    • 14': Sergio Córdova (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Foul by Rolf Feltscher (Venezuela).
    • 15': Miguel Almirón (Paraguay) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 20': Attempt missed. Blás Riveros (Paraguay) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Miguel Almirón.
    • 21': Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Roberto Rosales.
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Gustavo Gómez (Paraguay) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ángel Romero with a cross.
    • 21': Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Rolf Feltscher.
    • 22': Attempt missed. Alberto Espínola (Paraguay) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
    • 24': Foul by Sergio Córdova (Venezuela).
    • 24': Miguel Almirón (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 25': Attempt saved. Ángel Romero (Paraguay) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top left corner.
    • 25': Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Wuilker Fariñez.
    • 25': Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Rómulo Otero.
    • 28': Adrián Cubas (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Foul by Yangel Herrera (Venezuela).
    • 30': Yangel Herrera (Venezuela) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 31': Foul by Tomás Rincón (Venezuela).
    • 31': Gastón Giménez (Paraguay) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 32': Darwin Machís (Venezuela) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 32': Foul by Alberto Espínola (Paraguay).
    • 33': Rómulo Otero (Venezuela) hits the bar with a right footed shot from long range on the left from a direct free kick.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Darwin Machís (Venezuela) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
    • 34': Foul by Darío Lezcano (Paraguay).
    • 34': Tomás Rincón (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Foul by Ángel Romero (Paraguay).
    • 35': Rómulo Otero (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 36': Foul by Rolf Feltscher (Venezuela).
    • 36': Mathias Villasanti (Paraguay) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 42': Darío Lezcano (Paraguay) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 42': Foul by Jhon Chancellor (Venezuela).
    • 44': Attempt missed. Alberto Espínola (Paraguay) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Venezuela 0, Paraguay 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Venezuela 0, Paraguay 0.
    • 46': Foul by Rolf Feltscher (Venezuela).
    • 46': Miguel Almirón (Paraguay) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 47': Attempt saved. Adrián Cubas (Paraguay) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Darío Lezcano.
    • 47': Offside, Paraguay. Adrián Cubas tries a through ball, but Ángel Romero is caught offside.
    • 49': Foul by Roberto Rosales (Venezuela).
    • 49': Ángel Romero (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Rolf Feltscher.
    • 53': Foul by Rolf Feltscher (Venezuela).
    • 53': Miguel Almirón (Paraguay) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 54': Rolf Feltscher (Venezuela) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 54': Darwin Machís (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Foul by Júnior Alonso (Paraguay).
    • 55': Foul by Tomás Rincón (Venezuela).
    • 55': Miguel Almirón (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 56': Darío Lezcano (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Foul by Jhon Chancellor (Venezuela).
    • 57': Cristian Cásseres Jr (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Foul by Gastón Giménez (Paraguay).
    • 57': Attempt blocked. Rómulo Otero (Venezuela) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomás Rincón.
    • 57': Corner, Venezuela. Conceded by Gustavo Gómez.
    • 63': Foul by Mathias Villasanti (Paraguay).
    • 63': Yangel Herrera (Venezuela) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 64': Corner, Venezuela. Conceded by Gustavo Gómez.
    • 65': Hand ball by Yangel Herrera (Venezuela).
    • 65': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Yangel Herrera (Venezuela) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
    • 67': VAR Decision: No Goal Venezuela 0-0 Paraguay.
    • 72': Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Roberto Rosales.
    • 73': Foul by Ángel Romero (Paraguay).
    • 73': Rómulo Otero (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Substitution, Paraguay. Antonio Sanabria replaces Darío Lezcano.
    • 77': Substitution, Venezuela. Yeferson Soteldo replaces Rómulo Otero.
    • 77': Substitution, Venezuela. Ronald Hernández replaces Roberto Rosales.
    • 77': Substitution, Paraguay. Ángel Cardozo Lucena replaces Adrián Cubas.
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Yangel Herrera (Venezuela) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yeferson Soteldo.
    • 78': Corner, Venezuela. Conceded by Blás Riveros.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Sergio Córdova (Venezuela) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Darwin Machís with a cross.
    • 79': Corner, Venezuela. Conceded by Antony Silva.
    • 83': Darwin Machís (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 83': Foul by Miguel Almirón (Paraguay).
    • 83': Miguel Almirón (Paraguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 84': Substitution, Venezuela. Jhon Murillo replaces Darwin Machís.
    • 84': Attempt missed. Rolf Feltscher (Venezuela) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tomás Rincón following a set piece situation.
    • 85': Goal! Venezuela 0, Paraguay 1. Gastón Giménez (Paraguay) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Alberto Espínola.
    • 87': Substitution, Paraguay. Fabián Balbuena replaces Ángel Romero.
    • 88': Foul by Jhon Murillo (Venezuela).
    • 88': Mathias Villasanti (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Substitution, Venezuela. Fernando Aristeguieta replaces Sergio Córdova.
    • 89': Substitution, Venezuela. Eric Ramírez replaces Cristian Cásseres Jr.
    • 90': Offside, Paraguay. Mathias Villasanti tries a through ball, but Blás Riveros is caught offside.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Eric Ramírez (Venezuela) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Venezuela. Conceded by Miguel Almirón.
    • 90'+2': Substitution, Paraguay. Robert Rojas replaces Miguel Almirón.
    • 90'+3': Substitution, Paraguay. Omar Alderete replaces Blás Riveros.
    • 90'+3': Penalty Venezuela. Rolf Feltscher draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 90'+3': Penalty conceded by Gustavo Gómez (Paraguay) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 90'+5': Penalty saved! Yangel Herrera (Venezuela) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 90'+5': Corner, Venezuela. Conceded by Antony Silva.
    • 90'+6': Attempt missed. Rolf Feltscher (Venezuela) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jhon Murillo with a cross following a corner.
    • 90'+7': Alberto Espínola (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+7': Foul by Eric Ramírez (Venezuela).
    • 90'+8': Foul by Mathias Villasanti (Paraguay).
    • 90'+8': Jhon Murillo (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+8': Tomás Rincón (Venezuela) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+8': Attempt blocked. Yangel Herrera (Venezuela) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eric Ramírez.
    • 90'+9': Second Half ends, Venezuela 0, Paraguay 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Venezuela 0, Paraguay 1.

    Statistics

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    14 Fouls 17
    3 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 0
    6 Corner Kicks 6
    2 Saves 2
    67 Possession 33
    8 SHOTS 10
    3 ON GOAL 2
    0.4 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    502 Accurate Passes 212
    565 Passes 274
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 2
    23 Crosses 13
    0.1 Cross % 0.2
    42 Long Balls 52
    23 Accurate Long Balls 28
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    1 Blocked Shots 3
    17 Effective Tackles 8
    20 Tackles 16
    0.9 Tackle % 0.5
    9 Interceptions 13
    10 Effective Clearances 20
    10 Clearances 20

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CONMEBOL

    Venue: Estadio Metropolitano Mérida
    Location: Mérida, Venezuela

    WCQ - CONMEBOL Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Argentina 8 +8 18
    2 Colombia 8 +4 16
    3 Uruguay 8 +8 15
    4 Ecuador 8 +2 11
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    VEN Venezuela (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Wuilker Faríñez (GK)
    2 Wilker Ángel
    4 Jhon Chancellor
    16 Roberto Rosales
    21 Rolf Feltscher Yellow Card
    8 Tomás Rincón Yellow Card
    23 Cristian Cásseres Jr.
    6 Yangel Herrera Yellow Card
    17 Sergio Córdova
    18 Rómulo Otero
    7 Darwin Machis
    Venezuela Substitutes:
    Miguel Navarro, Luis Mago, Joel Graterol, Juanpi, José Andrés Martínez, Eric Ramírez, Jhon Murillo, Jefferson Savarino, Alain Baroja, Ronald Hernández, Yeferson Soteldo, Fernando Aristeguieta.

    PAR Paraguay (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Antony Silva (GK)
    6 Júnior Alonso
    15 Gustavo Gómez
    20 Blas Riveros
    13 Alberto Espínola
    14 Andrés Cubas Yellow Card
    23 Mathías Villasanti
    5 Gastón Giménez
    19 Darío Lezcano Yellow Card
    10 Miguel Almirón Yellow Card
    11 Ángel Romero
    Paraguay Substitutes:
    Antonio Sanabria, Robert Rojas, Gerardo Ortiz, Omar Alderete, Gatito Fernández, Hernán Pérez, Richard Sánchez, Raúl Bobadilla, Ángel Cardozo, Fabián Balbuena, Óscar Romero, Kaku.

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