After Venezuela’s landslide defeat against Uruguay for the World Cup qualifiers in Qatar 2022, the coach of the ‘Vinotinto’ team, José Néstor Pekerman, He sent a message to the fans of his team ratifying what he asked from the beginning, patience.
Venezuela came to this match with a strong emotional momentum after a 4-1 win against Bolivia at the start of the ‘Pekerman cycle’, however, the ‘Charrúa’ team returned it to the reality and returned the previous win with the same result (4-1) to sink it even further in the standings.
Given this, the Argentine coach sought to rescue only the good that his team showed during the game than in the first 45′ minutes received up to three goals. “The image of the second half has been much better and that is remarkable for the future of the team,” he said.
In that sense, he indicated that the Caribbean team had very complicated situations against its rival and that the disadvantage was so early in the game, receiving the first goal at minute 1′, something that immediately caused “ a bit of nervousness”, expressed the former Colombia coach.
“In this short time we knew that Venezuela had four qualifying games left with an almost terminal score to be able to compete for the classification and we are just getting to know the players ”, he explained.
In this sense, Pekerman defined the beginning of his work with the Vinotinto selection, as a stage of knowledge. “You have to be patient. The Bolivian match was very good, the first message was very positive and the team responded very well”, he highlighted.
The coach considered that, individually, the players “have complied” but now there is a lack team game, so you have to “rebuild and work”.
La Vinotinto is last in the Conmebol qualifiers classification table, with 10 points, and no longer has the possibility of accessing the Qatar World Cup 2022.
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