Caracas, January 31 (EFE). – The coach of the Venezuelan football team, Jose Pekerman, confirmed on Monday that Venotinto’s goal is the 2026 World Cup, for which the team is working to transform this illusion into “continuity, growth and patience”, which was reflected in the results of the sixteenth date of the South American qualifiers qualifying for Qatar. 2022.
“Venezuela needed to start a project with the goal of the next World Cup and its previous classification,” Pekerman said in a statement. “We must turn this illusion into continuity, growth and patience so that we can achieve the best returns.” A virtual meeting with the press .. before the duel that will face Venotinto against Uruguay on Tuesday.
He stressed that the Venezuelan team is going through a process that “takes time”, as they must “have competition, continuity, a winning mentality and a level playing field” and “always maintain the spirit of giving everything when the opportunity presents itself”. .
Pekerman noted that both Venezuela and Uruguay have started new operations with coaches at the helm and wished success to Celeste coach, Diego Alonso, who made his first triumphant appearance on the last date against Paraguay.
In this sense, the Venezuelan coach praised the “hierarchy” of Uruguayan football and described Alonso as “a great coach, in a very good shape, current, who already showed at the beginning that he would lead Uruguay to a good port”.
The Argentine coach took the opportunity to express his admiration for the work of Oscar Washington Tabarez, Uruguay coach of 15 years.
He noted that he is “one of America’s greatest coaches” and thanked him for saying on several occasions that the project made in Uruguay was inspired by his steps against Argentina years ago.
Uruguay and Venezuela will face each other, Tuesday, at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo, in the sixteenth date of the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup Qatar.
La Celeste occupies fifth place with 19 points after beating Paraguay 0-1 in the previous date, while La Vinotento closes the standings with ten points after beating Bolivia 4-1 in the last match. EFE
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