Canada Reach The Semi-Finals For The First Time And Venezuela For the Second Time In the 48th edition of the Copa-America football tournament, the second quarterfinal match is being played on Saturday. Venezuela is facing Canada in the second quarter-final. The match will start at 06:45 am according to Nepali time.
In the early stages of the tournament, Canada was in Group ‘A’. Canada finished runner-up in their group and reached the quarter-finals of the tournament. In the group stage, Canada won one game, drew one game, and lost one game out of three.
Venezuela was in Group B in the initial stage. Venezuela, which is performing well in the ongoing competition, reached the quarter-finals by becoming the group winner with three consecutive victories. Venezuela defeated Ecuador 2-1 in the first match, Mexico 1-0 in the second match, and Jamaica 3-0 in the third match.
In the latest ranking released by the World Football Federation, Canada is 48th and Venezuela is 54th. In the Copa-America, Canada has not even reached the semi-finals so far. Venezuela reached the semi-finals in 2011. At that time, Venezuela was fourth.
So far only two matches have been played between these two teams in international football. Both games ended in a draw. These two teams met for the first time in Asim on June 1, 2007. That international friendly match ended in a 2-2 draw.
However, recently, the performance of Venezuela seems to be better than that of Canada. In the ongoing edition of the Copa America, Venezuela scored a total of 6 goals in the group stage and conceded only one goal. Canada scored one goal and conceded two goals. So far, Eduardo Bello and Salomon Rondon have scored two goals for Venezuela.
In the current season’s Copa-America, the Canadian team is coached by Jesse Marsh. Canada’s captain is Alphonso Davies. The Canadian team includes Alistair Johnston, Kamal Miller, Joel Waterman, Samuel Petti, Jonathan David, Tom McGill, Ali Ahmed, and others.
Similarly, the Venezuelan team is under the head coach of Fernando Batista. Tomas Rincon plays the role of the captain of Venezuela. The team includes Joel Graterol, Jan Aramburu, Yangel Herrera, Jefferson Savarino, Zonder Cadiz, Miguel Navarro, Eric Ramirez, and others.