Venezuela equalized against Argentina in the final phase of the Pre-Olympic after a 90+10 goal from the penalty spot

This Monday, the Venezuelan team achieved an agonizing 2-2 equality against its counterpart from Argentina during the first match of the final phase of the Pre-Olympic after the VAR ruled a shot from the penalty spot that changed Vinotinto’s goal at 90+10.

Although both Argentina and Venezuela sought victory at the Brígido Iriarte stadium in Caracas, the 2-2 draw reflected the parity and intensity with which both teams tried to get the three points.

The local Venezuela was in charge of hitting first after in the 16th minute a tackle by David Martínez, LAFC’s brand new signing in the MLS, carried out a dangerous action in which he sent the ball to the back of the net despite the attempt of the Albiceleste goalkeeper to divert the trajectory of the ball.

However, before the end of the first half, an unusual own goal by Venezuelan center back Carlos “Pipo” Vivas made it 1-1 seconds before Valentín Barco (Argentina) and Bryant Ortega (Venezuela) were expelled for mutual aggression.

For the resumption the search for the three points continued and the Pre-Olympic scorer and current World Champion, Thiago Almada, scored under the legs of Samuel Rodríguez to make it 2-1 with controversy when the goal arrived after a shot from Venezuela that It was a corner kick but the main player of the match did not sanction.

When it seemed that Argentina was victorious in the match, in the fourth minute of added time, a slap in the area by defender Gonzalo Luján on full-back René Rivas culminated in the participation of the VAR so that Shakhtar Donetsk forward, Kevin Kelsy, later scored. agonizing way the final 2-2.

In this way, Venezuela and Argentina add the first point of the final phase of the Pre-Olympic tournament that distributes two places towards the Paris 2024 Games.

In the other match of the day, which was played early in the morning, Paraguay continued with its overwhelming pace and beat Brazil 1-0 to take the lead, in a match where the Canarinha star and future Real Madrid player, Endrick , missed a maximum penalty.

Watch the goal with which Venezuela equalized against Argentina here:

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