Salomón Rondón continues to be the reference

Caracas, June 18 (EFE).- At 34 years previous, the Caracas striker Salomón Rondón continues to be the best reference of a Venezuelan soccer group who takes his first steps in direction of America’s Cup in america, which begins on June 20.

Rondón just isn’t solely the captain of the Venezuelan senior soccer group, however somewhat it’s the image that rivals level out and know, and, after all, search to neutralize.

The highest scorer within the historical past of Vinotinto, with 41 targets in simply over 100 video games, will attend the event in america “with all the things and together with his coronary heart,” as he wrote on his social networks.

For Rondón, the coach Fernando Batista and the remainder of the Venezuelan squad, the following event poses the problem of bettering efficiencyfor the reason that nation has by no means been in a position to transcend fourth place.

After dialing 17 targets within the final 27 video games with the Mexican Pachuchahis membership since final January, quantity 23 is without doubt one of the regulars on Batista’s checklist of 26 call-ups.

Venezuela will debut on June 22 towards Ecuador.

Rondón, who has sweated the vinotinto shirt like nobody else, after greater than 100 video games together with his nationwide group, is Fernando ‘Bocha’ Batista’s secure wager for the Copa América, the primary continental occasion that the Argentine coach will face since he arrived on the bench in March 2023.
However Rondón just isn’t the one ace Batista has up his sleeve.

Different forwards have gained necessary house, resembling Josef Martínez and Jhonder Cádiz.

Rondón, Martínez and Cádiez have come to play along with constructive outcomes.

The previous membership participant from Spain and Russia has already surpassed 200 targets throughout his skilled profession andHe’s the one Venezuelan footballer who has achieved two triplets with the nationwide group: in 2009 towards Japan and in 2022 towards Bolivia, in a match within the South American qualifiers for the World Cup in Qatar.

Though Venezuela accrued a great streak final season, there have been extra ups and downs within the final 15 years, when the scorer has exercised his management to insist his teammates march collectively “on the suitable path.”