Venezuela hosts Argentina in round 9 of the World Cup qualification. The match will be played on Friday, September 3rd at Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo (San Cristóbal)
The Venezuelan national team is among the weakest in the current South American qualification for the World Cup. And it is not about the selection of performers but about the quality of the demonstrated football. The Red Wine scored the least (three goals in six matches), scored only four points (out of 18 possible), and lost more than half of the matches (four out of six). Last summer, Venezuela performed ingloriously at CA-2021, not gaining a single victory or even scoring a goal in three out of four games. The former coach was fired, but the federation did not have time to appoint a new one. The team is headed by an interim manager. It does not seem that Gonzalez will be able to lead Venezuela to the World Cup for the first time in history. He is forced to work with a relatively modest personnel resource. The roster consists of only a few players from the top championships and is full of representatives of clubs playing at a lower level. Osorio, Machis, Herrera, Cordova, and Aristeguieta could have helped their compatriots, but these players are injured. Some leaders are already at the age when it is almost impossible to play two matches on different continents within a few days (for example, Rincon).
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The Argentines won the previous head-to-head match against the Venezuelan national team (0-2), and they are approaching the next one in the status of the reigning champions of the continent. Messi and the company won CA-2021, beating Uruguayans, Ecuadorians, Colombians, and Brazilians in succession. Argentina conceded only three goals in seven matches and scored four times more. As for the qualification of the 2022 World Cup, only Albiceleste and the Brazilians are unbeaten so far. Scaloni's charges beat the national teams of Bolivia (1-2) and Peru (0-2) away, but they missed the victory in Colombia due to a goal conceded in the 94th minute (2-2).
Aguero, Marchesin, Pereira, Salvio, and Alario are injured, but this is not a problem for the Argentines, who have a very powerful roster. Messi has been called up and is at least ready to come off the substitutes’ bench. Dybala, Martinez, De Paul, Otamendi, and Di Maria are at the disposal of their coach. The Argentines will go to Brazil in a few days, so losing points in Venezuela is undesirable; otherwise, there is a risk of deteriorating their tournament positions in a very significant way. We think that the reigning champions of South America will gain a confident victory in the upcoming game.
Prediction for the match: Argentina to win with -1.0 handicap
