Venezuela expires Peru and quantities to the repechage submit of the International Cup qualifiers

Maturín, Venezuela.— With a penalty objective by means of Solomón Rondón, Venezuela defeated Peru on Tuesday 1-0 and complicated to the 7th place of the South American Qualifiers for the 2026 International Cup, which supplies get admission to to the global playfulness.

Rondón remodeled at 41 mins a most penalty that Josef Martínez had led to to offer Vinotinto his first victory within the closing 10 video games.

Venezuela reached 15 issues and displaced Bolivia, which, after matching Uruguay, was once 8th with 14 gadgets.

Vinotinto is, along with Argentina, the one variety that has now not misplaced at house within the provide tie, with 3 wins and 4 attracts.

Peru difficult its classification choices by means of including its 8th setback and staying with 10 issues within the 9th place when there are 4 dates to dispute.

Solomon Rondón, from the Venezuela Nationwide Crew, celebrates after opening the rating in opposition to Peru all through a eliminatory assembly for the International Cup, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, in Maturín.

(Ariana Cubillos/AP)

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Within the following days of the Qualifiers, which will likely be performed in June, Venezuela will likely be measured with Bolivia and Uruguay, whilst Peru will collide with Colombia and Ecuador.

Within the Maturín Enormous Stadium, Venezuela got here out with an offensive method, with the presence of Rondón and Martínez within the assault, on the lookout for a triumph that fueled his choices and allowed him to go away the unhealthy streak of 8 shows with out successful within the classification segment.

Rondón had the primary instance at quarter-hour in a hand in hand that he may just now not outline prior to the go out of goalkeeper Pedro Gallese.

Peru defended himself with order within the first duration and suffered the reprimands of the defender Carlos Zambrano and the steerage wheel Pedro Aquino for 2 sturdy entries in the midst of the courtroom.

At 41 mins, Martínez fought a unfastened ball within the house and gained an access from Zambrano from in the back of, which produced the penalty that served to each the triumph of Venezuela.

Rondón cheated Gallese and signed his 14th. Objective within the qualifiers, with which he bolstered himself as the utmost ancient gunner of Vinotinto, with 46 objectives.

Peru momentarily shouted the tie within the cut price time of the primary phase, however Bryan Reina’s rating was once invalidated after the evaluation within the video barbitraje.

After going to VAR, Chilean pass judgement on Cristian Garay annulled the motion since the ball hit the queen’s arm after completing off within the small house.

To start with of the second one part, the Venezuelan trainer, Fernando Batista, strengthened the midfield with the access of Tella Segovia to the detriment of Martínez.

For its phase, the Peruvian helmsman Oscar Ibáñez larger his offensive quantity with the access of Edison Flores and Kevin Quevedo.

The Venezuelan finish Yeferson Soteldo took good thing about the areas to threaten two auctions that ended in the Peruvian arch.

Venezuela was once going again with the passing of the mins and defended an increasing number of nearer to the objective defended by means of Rafael Romo.

Peru incorporated Gianluca Lapadula within the ultimate segment to accompany Paolo Guerrero within the assault.

The Renato Tapia steerage wheel had the chance to compare the 78 mins with a shot throughout the house, which left over the crossbar.

With the firmness of Romo beneath the 3 sticks and the security of the defenders Nahuel Ferraresi and Wilker Ángel, Venezuela controlled to take care of the outcome and feed the appearance of attaining its first classification to a International Cup.