By Gura Garcia
27 Jun 2024, 08:56 AM EDT
The Venezuelan national team, ‘La Vinotinto’, obtained its pass to the quarterfinals of the 2024 Copa América that is taking place on American soil, by defeating Mexico with a score of 1 goal to 0, with a goal from the leader of the Tuzos del Pachuca, Salomón Rondón, on the second date of Group B. With With this victory, the Creoles reach 6 points and take the lead in the group, followed by Ecuador and Mexico with 3 points each and in the end Jamaica without adding points and already eliminated, who will have to face Venezuela on the last date of the qualifying phase. groups.
Rafael Romo in a stellar plan
The Venezuelans scored the winning goal after 57 minutes of play thanks to a shot penalty scored by the Most Valuable Player of the Concachampions final, Salomón Rondón, after Julián Quiñones committed a foul inside the area against Real Sociedad of Spain full-back, Jon Aramburu. After the goal, the team of Argentine coach, Fernando ‘Bocha’ Batista, ceded control of the match to Mexico, who, despite having tried on numerous occasions, could not beat the nets of the Venezuelan goalkeeper, Rafael Romo, who was simply intractable.
The clearest option that El Tri had to tie was at 87 minutes via the penalty kick., but once again, Rafael Romo avoided the goal by deflecting Orbelín Pineda’s shot, diving on his right side, increasing the motivation and determination of ‘La Vinotinto’ to maintain the result. Thus, Mexico has the clear mission of beating Ecuador on Sunday to advance to the next phase, while Venezuela will finish the group phase against Jamaica with the peace of mind of having qualified for the quarterfinals.
Social networks exploded with party memes
As usual, social networks exploded with the classic memes and The mockery around the group did not take long and also demonstrated the general annoyance on the part of the Aztec fans regarding the poor performance that their national team has been experiencing for several months, where coach Jimmy Lozano seems not to find the formula to be able to raise the game and level of the team.
The best memes left by Mexico’s defeat against Venezuela:
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