Goal and Highlights: Saudi Arabia 0-1 Venezuela in Friendly Game | 06/09/2022

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Saudi Arabia 0-1 Venezuela.

Aristeguieta's shot inside the area was blocked by the goalkeeper and the Puebla player was unable to increase the lead.

Aristeguieta was fouled by the referee.

Arabia missed a one-on-one when it looked like an equalizer.

Venezuela was penalized for offside.

Aristeguieta and Cásseres were substituted.

Rincón and Rondón came out.

The game is stopped for the rehydration break.

Rondón's header is covered by the goalkeeper with a good save inside his own penalty area.

Graterol almost made a serious mistake and on the line managed to reject the ball.

Saudi Arabia made a triple change to try to get back on track in a game in which they have fallen short.

Solteldo's free kick and Rondón's shot was saved by the Arab goalkeeper.

Soteldo was then cautioned.

Yeferson is fouled and Venezuela will have a direct free kick.

Navarro and Martínez enter

Bello and Cumuna out

Venezuela changes.

The second half begins between Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.

Saudi Arabia 0-1 Venezuela.

Two more minutes are added.

GOAL VENEZUELA

Ferraresi makes the most of the rebound and takes the cross shot inside the box to put La Vinotinto ahead on the scoreboard.

Soteldo feints and fires a shot that goes just wide of the goal.

Ali Al-Hassan of Saudi Arabia has been cautioned.

The game is stopped because it is time for rehydration.

Bello with the shot that the goalkeeper reacts to send a handball to save his goal.

A good defensive sweep causes the Venezuelan striker to shoot the shot that goes just wide.

The game between Saudi Arabia and Venezuela begins.

We are minutes away from the start of action between Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.

After this match, Venezuela has no more friendlies scheduled and Saudi Arabia will face Ecuador, Iceland and Croatia prior to the World Cup.

#Alineación 📋 ¡Así forman los dirigidos por José Pekerman para enfrentar a Arabia Saudita 🇸🇦 en Murcia! 🇪🇦#VamosVinotinto 🇻🇪 pic.twitter.com/Isdo3U9F9T — La Vinotinto (@SeleVinotinto) June 9, 2022

خيارات مدربنا "إيرڤي رينارد" لمواجهة منتخب فنزويلا 📝⬇️. #السعودية_فنزويلا pic.twitter.com/mr2Vx7OWUk — المنتخب السعودي (@SaudiNT) June 9, 2022

Venezuela faced Malta last week and managed to pull out a 1-0 victory.

A few days ago, the Venezuelan National Team confirmed the absence of goalkeeper Wuilker Fariñez due to injury.

#TodosJuntos 🤗🇻🇪 @Wuilkerfarinez pic.twitter.com/i5Q0N3bWFt

— La Vinotinto (@SeleVinotinto) June 6, 2022

This is how Venezuela arrived for Thursday's match.

📷 ¡Ya estamos en el Estadio Enrique Roca de Murcia! 🏟️🇪🇦#VamosVinotinto 🇻🇪 pic.twitter.com/5F2XfTetoD

— La Vinotinto (@SeleVinotinto) June 9, 2022

José Néstor Pékerman took the reins of the Venezuelan national team a few months ago and his mission will be far from easy, as he will be looking to take the team to the first World Cup in its history.

Saudi Arabia has taken very seriously the fact that they will face Argentina in the World Cup during their first opening game, having already faced Colombia, now they will face Venezuela and soon they will face Ecuador.

Saudi Arabia continues its preparation for the Qatar 2022 World Cup when it takes on Venezuela in a warm-up game. We begin with VAVEL's coverage of the game.

Do not miss a detail of the match with the live updates and commentaries of VAVEL. Follow along with us all the details, commentaries, analysis and lineups for this Saudi Arabia vs Venezuela match for the Friendly Game 2022.

This is the start time of the game Saudi Arabia vs Venezuela of June 9th in several countries:

Argentina: 2:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Bolivia: 1:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Brazil: 2:00 PM

Chile: 2:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Colombia: 12:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Ecuador: 12:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

United States (ET): 1:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Spain: 7:00 PM

Mexico: 12:00 AM on SKY Sports

Paraguay: 2:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Peru: 12:00 AM on ESPN and Star +

Uruguay: 2:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

It is worth noting that this will be the first-ever meeting between these two teams since, in addition to not having met in official competition, they have not met in warm-up games.

If there is someone with ability and unbalance on the flanks, it is Tigres UANL player Yeferson Soteldo, who has the ability to overflow, although one of his problems has been the lack of consistency in his career.

The Arabians' most talented player is Salem Al-Dawsari, who has the ability to change the destiny of the game with his good technique, especially with his vision to place the ball in the right spaces.

1 Wuilker Faríñez, 2 Nahuel Ferraresi, 4 Jhon Chancellor, 25 Yohan Cumana, 3 Yordan Osorio, 6 Yangel Herrera, 26 Christian Larotonda, 18 Eduard Bello, 23 Salomón Rondón, 10 Yeferson Soteldo, 15 Jhon Murillo.

21 Mohammed Al-Owais, 2 Hassan Al Tambakti, 6 Mohammed Al-Burayk, 13 Yaseer Al-Shahrani, 3 Abdullah Madu, 23 Mohamed Kanno, 8 Hattan Bahebri, 16 Sami Al-Naji, 10 Salem Al-Dawsari, 7 Salman Al-Faraj, 9 Feras Al Brikan.

Although his era started a few months ago, the mission of the Colombian José Néstor Pékerman will be to fight for a place in the next World Cup with Venezuela, so these friendlies will be useful for the coach to observe players that could be useful for the Copa América and the qualifiers.

Saudi Arabia has taken very seriously the most difficult opponent they will have in the World Cup, which will be Argentina, so they will hold several friendly games against Conmebol teams and, after facing Colombia, now it will be their turn to play against Venezuela, which, although it does not have the level of the Albiceleste, is an opponent that plays in the same zone.

The Saudi Arabia vs Venezuela match will be played at the Nueva Condomina Stadium, in Murcia, Spain. The kick-off is scheduled at 1:00 pm ET.

My name is Adrian Hernandez and I will be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.