Venezuela vs. Argentina – Player Ratings for Venezuela (Part 1)
Rafael Enrique Romeo – 6
Rafael made a few outstanding saves to keep his side into the game. It was a difficult fixture for Venezuela, especially with Lionel Messi playing for the opposing team and the Indian crowd chanting for him throughout the fixture. However, he still managed
to allow Argentina score a goal against him. He conceded on the near post which means that he wasn’t on his toes when the corner was being taken. It was not a very solid performance by the Venezuelan but he still stepped up during the game to block Lionel
Messi time and time again and disallowed the best player in the world to score past him.
Amorebieta – 6
It is difficult for any defender to step up while playing against the Argentinean strike force. Argentina had to strikers making life miserable for the Venezuelan defence and Amorebieta was caught by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296’s outstanding dribbling skills time and time
again. The Argentinean maestro was the man to look out during the game and he definitely gave Amorebieta a hard time on the pitch as he dribbled past him a lot of times. He struggled with his positioning for most of the game and it was because of him that
Venezuela conceded the only goal of the game. Amorebieta had to mark the Porto star Nicolas Otamendi at the near post when Lionel Messi delivered the corner kick; however, he was out of position and he simply couldn’t do much to stop the ball from finding
the back of the net.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-Rosales-c31362 – 6.5
He was quite puzzled in terms of positioning. The Venezuelan defender was trying to make a high back line in order to give http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841 a tough time on the offside trap. However, with a lack of understanding, he was often found in no man’s land as he stood
high up the pitch despite being a defender and Angel Di Maria found a lot of space to run into and make life difficult for the Venezuelan defence line. For him, the first half was quite miserable. The only time he managed to catch Angel Di Maria was during
the 9th minute of the game when he tackled him down perfectly and got good control of the ball. Otherwise, he was totally off his position and he was caught by Angel Di Maria timelessly as the Real Madrid man found it rather easy to get past him.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oswaldo-Vizcarrondo-c28839 – 7
Oswaldo Vizcarrondo was the man to watch in terms of defence. He was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 which took place this year. However, while playing against one of the strongest South American sides, it was hard for Vizcarrondo to keep
his form intact. He had a decent game compared to the other defenders as his aerial ability was simply phenomenal and he rarely gave the ball away when it was coming at him on the head.
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