With goals from
Mauricio
and
Guilherme
,
Brazil
revived this Thursday, by winning 2-1 over the host
Venezuela
on the penultimate date of the final quadrangular of the
Under 23 Pre-Olympic
, and will play the chances of being in
Paris 2024
playing a head-to-head against the
Argentina
.
But the story could have been very different if the
VAR
did not appear .
In the 72nd minute of the match, with the score at 1-1, there was a play that could have twisted the proceedings of the match towards the local team, which if they won would have turned the group's standings upside down. eliminating the Brazilians and further compromising the classification of Mascherano's kids.
Matías Lacava
received the ball on the edge of the area after a beautiful shot by his teammate Jovanny Bolívar and took a spectacular left foot shot that left goalkeeper Mycael without a response.
Great goal and advantage for those led by the Argentine Ricardo Valiño, who if he won would put a foot and a half in the Olympic event in June.
The thing is that if Venezuela won it would reach four points, the same as Paraguay, leaving Argentina with two and Brazil without units, already eliminated.
As on Sunday, on the last date, the Vinotinto clashed with the Guaraníes, everything was given for a tie to give them both classification, leaving the Albiceleste with no chance.
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The disallowed goal against Matías Lacava vs.
Brazil, 2024 Pre-Olympic Tournament.
Video courtesy of @Canal_Televen pic.twitter.com/n7PwES3dUE
— Informe Vinotinto 🇻🇪 (@InformVinotinto) February 9, 2024
The stadium exploded with Lacava's great goal, who took off his shirt and ran to one of the corners to shout 2-1, which was not embraced by the rest of his teammates.
A few moments later the call came from the VAR, which would have detected an advanced position by Bolívar that supposedly obstructed the view of the Brazilian goalkeeper.
It is not clear what the collaborators of the Colombian referee Andrés José Rojas Noguera observed because unlike other Conmebol competitions, the VAR audios are not shared on the official networks of the institution that governs South American football.
"If we were another country it would be a goal, but we are Venezuela," Lacava said after the game, still with the anger on the surface but focused on what is to come.
Thanks to this result, Brazil added its first three points in two games and entered the fight for the two South American places in the Paris Games.
Venezuela was left with one point after two dates.
The Canarinha will play the classification on the last day against Argentina, which was left with two points after rescuing an agonizing 3-3 draw against Paraguay.
La Albirroja leads the final home run with four points and will close against Venezuela.
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Matías Lacava's reaction after the disallowed goal against Brazil.
ℹ️ Via: @guille94
— If it had been another country it would be a goal, but since we are Venezuela… well, it's over,” he declared.
Do you agree with his statements?
⤵️#Vinotinto #Preolímpic #Lacava #SoloVenex pic.twitter.com/WXVtlpZuc7
— SOLOVENEX (@SOLOVENEX_) February 9, 2024
Brazil, winner of the Olympic gold medal at home in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and in Tokyo in 2020, had just lost 1-0 to Paraguay.
The gold medal in Rio was the first in the history of the South American giant in the Olympic Games.
The Argentine coach of Venezuela, Valiño, stated that the duel was defined by details and that is why he had the bad taste in his mouth of “having lost a game that we had to win.”
Valiño indicated in statements to the press that there is nothing to reproach his managers.
He added that he feels proud of them and trusted that the next match “they will do everything possible to win it and wait” for what happens in the other Sunday match.
At the end, Guilherme Biro scored 2-1, which was worth it for Brazil.
Photo: EFE/ Rayner Peña R.
The first two in the table qualify for men's football in Paris 2024.
At 57 minutes, midfielder Mauricio scored after a cross from Endrick, who has just been key in Palmeiras' title in the Brazilian championship and in June will join Real Madrid, which paid close to 40 million dollars for his transfer. ,
Venezuela did not give up and continued searching for the rival goal, which they finally managed to break in the 67th minute with a goal from attacker Jovanny Bolívar.
In the 88th minute, striker Guilherme Biró, after a pass from Endrick, outpaced the Venezuelan defenders and scored the winning goal, which was worth it.