Chile thrashed Venezuela and approaches the qualifying zone

The southern team revived in the tie. This Thursday they triumphed at home 3-0.

Chile regained ground in the South American qualifier for the Qatar-2022 World Cup by beating bottom-side Venezuela 3-0 this Thursday in Santiago, a result with which it climbed to sixth place, placing three points behind fifth place that gives way to the play-off .

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La Roja's goals were scored by midfielder Erick Pulgar (18 and 37 minutes) and Anglo-Chilean striker Ben Brereton (73).

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Chile He came out to dominate the game and at 18 minutes Alexis Sánchez put a ball from the corner measured to the head of Pulgar, who broke free of his mark and scored with a header only from the center of the small area.

Venezuela took control of the ball but Chile He kept the match times and in another corner, from the opposite corner and also thrown by Sánchez, Pulgar defined after a failed exit by the Venezuelan goalkeeper, again headed in the 37th minute.

"Luckily the goals came at this time that we needed them," said Pulgar at the end of the game after getting his first double with the La Roja shirt.

After returning from the locker room the script was kept, although Chile took a step back before the push of Venezuela, which time and again ran into the defense of La Roja.

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In one of those crashes against the Chilean wall, Jean Meneses threw a long ball at Brereton's run from the center of the field. He fought for 50 meters at full speed with his mark to kick hard with the right to the back of the net and finish off the vinotinto team in the 73rd minute, who arrived at the appointment with the joy of having beaten Ecuador four days ago.

"A screwed up defeat", described at the end of the match the Venezuelan midfielder Adalberto Peñaranda, one of the most active of the Caribbean team.

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“The team has been doing things well. We lost the game because of those stopped balls. We already have other games pending for the tie and we have to finish in the best way, "he warned about the difficult situation in which Vinotinto was left, last with seven points and nine of the qualifying places.

Chile added the second consecutive victory in four days after beating Paraguay 2-0 last Sunday, both after the return of the public to the stadiums, to resurrect towards the World Cup after 6 days without knowing the victory.

Now he is sixth with 13 points, three from the fifth place held by Uruguay and offering a ticket to the World Cup through the play-offs.

He also took advantage of the results of his direct rivals, as Bolivia beat Paraguay 4-0 in La Paz and Argentina beat Peru 1-0, results that shortened the gap at the bottom of the table.

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