Failure. So raw. The Chilean Sub 20 team will not be in the World Cup in Indonesia. In the closing of group B of the South American of Colombia, Patricio Ormazábal’s team lost 1-0 with Venezuela, wasting the option of accessing the final hexagonal of the tournament. Disaster in coffee lands.
In the previous day, the national team was free, but even so it was able to ensure its presence in the final phase, if there were a couple of results. The victory, precisely, of Vinotinto over Ecuador prevented the pass of Chile. And, by the way, it turned the direct duel into a final. The advantage for the nationals was that they depended on themselves. A draw or victory was enough.
Ormazábal has been the focus of criticism for the decisions he has made during the tournament. Along these lines, for this game he left out of the title Darío Osorio, the same tempted from Milan. DT opted only for Lucas Assadi, along with Guajardo and Conelli on offense.
The first half left little and nothing. In fact, there were no shots on goal, from side to side. In the complement, the panorama of the Red turned uphill. For the worse, it was due to a totally preventable action.
In the 47′ minute, there was a penalty for the Venezuelans for a handball from Yahir Salazar, who launched himself from ‘popcorn’ to reject a ball and failed resoundingly, causing an offense without the right to claim. From 12 steps, Alcócer executes and beats goalkeeper Reyes with a strong shot. With this, Chile had to row from behind. It required a minimum of one goal to qualify. Ormazábal put in more attackers, however the attacks were sterile. They did not hurt the goalkeeper Benítez.
In short, Chile says goodbye without pain or glory to the South American, stretching the losing streak of the Red in the category. It has been 10 years, since Turkey 2013, that a World Cup has not been reached.
Fourth continental championship in which he was eliminated in the group stage: Uruguay 2015, Ecuador 2017, Chile 2019 and now Colombia 2023.
Venezuela 1: F. Benitez; A. Cova, R. Uzcategui, C. Rojas, A. Vera; N. Jimenez (74′, Y. Chacon), B. Ortega (62′, E. Ruiz), T. Segovia (74′, A. Rosemary); D. Martinez (81′, S. Gomez), B. Alcocer (74′, K. Kelsy) and L. Peña. DT: F. Coloccini.
Chile 0: V. Kings; M. Leon, M. Vasquez, T. Avilez, Y. Salazar (76′, M. Lolas); J. Fuentealba (86′, C. Castillo), R. Lamb, M. Maturana (56′, D. Osorio); P. Guajardo (76′, G. Norambuena), V. Conelli (46′, D. Ossa) and L. Assadi. DT: P. Ormazabal.
goals: 1-0, 48′, Alcócer, penalty.
Referee: A. Carvalho (POR). He admonished Cova, Ortega, Gómez (VEN); Salazar (CHI).
Pascual Guerrero Stadium, Cali.
