Hernán Caputto’s team could not get the victory, fell 2-0 against Venezuela and away the options of fighting for a spot to go to the World Cup.
The Chilean National Team faced its third game on Monday in the final hexagonal of the South American U-17. The team led by Hernán Caputto could not add the victory in the match against Venezuela, vital to have kept alive the hopes of getting closer to the World Cup in the category.
La Rojita fell 2-0 against the Venezuelan team in a game with a lot of friction and a dispute in the middle of the field. It is that the difference of the game came in the final minutes of the commitment through the defender Rai Hidalgo and Emmanuel Meléndez, who unbalanced the score in favor of Venezuela.
Chile moves away from World Cup options
One of the options that Chile generated in the first part has to do with an error by the Venezuelan goalkeeper, who, In his mission not to let the ball out, he would leave it in a game where Bastián Escobar managed to puncture the ballthe goalkeeper touches his foot with his hands, but the referee did not penalize the foul inside the area.
Chile had several approaches to the rival goal, but none with much danger in the Venezuelan goal. Caputto sought to refresh the team with changes in the complement, but the emotions of the match would come to the Venezuelan team.
Defender Rai Hidalgo took advantage of a series of rebounds that would leave the ball inside the area, so that the defender finished off by decreeing the one to zero of the game with twenty to go. However, the llanero team would be the difference on the scoreboard a few minutes later, sealing the game with a great goal from Emmanuel Meléndez.
Chile’s hard fall in the final hexagonal of the South American U-17, where with this new defeat they add their third negative result, remaining bottom in the competition without adding points.
