This Thursday, from 6:00 p.m. (Argentine time), Venezuela and Brazil They face each other in a match corresponding to date 11 of the South American qualifiers towards the United States-Mexico-Canada 2026 World Cup. The match, which is refereed by Colombian Andrés Rojas, is played at the Monumental stadium in Maturín and can be seen live on television through TyC Sportsas well as streaming through the TyC Sports Play platform. In addition, there is the possibility of following minute by minute with statistics updated in real time on canchallena.com.
La Vinotinto needs to raise its head. He started the competition on the right foot and was one of the great revelations of the first days, in which he achieved a draw as a visitor against Brazil and victories against Paraguay and Chile. However, after the Copa América, The level of the team led by Argentine Fernando Batista dropped considerably until it was out of the qualification zone for the next World Cup: it is eighth with 11 points, the product of two wins, five draws and three losses. On the last date it fell 2 to 1 as a visitor with Paraguay.
Fernando Batista is obliged to improve Venezuela’s results in the qualifiersFernando Vergara – AP
La Verdeamarela, for its part, on the last double date recovered its appearance and achieved two victories thanks to local footballers. Still far from showing his best version, the 2 to 1 victories against Chile and 4 to 0 against Peru, allowed him to climb to the fourth place with 16 units (five wins, one draw and four losses), the same amount as Uruguay, third, but with a worse goal difference (+6 versus +7).
The match corresponding to the eleventh date of the South American qualifiers for the United States-Mexico-Canada 2026 World Cup, which takes place this Thursday in Maturín, Venezuela, can be seen live on television through TyC Sports, as well as streaming through the platform TyC Sports Play. In addition, there is the possibility of following minute by minute with statistics updated in real time on canchallena.com.
In the run-up to the meeting, Batista He spoke at a press conference and highlighted the importance of this November window: “Adding three points will help us get back into the qualifying zone. In the last two games we played in Maturín the team deserved more. This double date for us is the most important of this year, due to how the results were given to us. (…) We must also prepare for next year, because the margin of error will be very minimum,” he analyzed.
He also spoke with the media on Brazil coach, Dorival Junior, who highlighted his current rival: “Maturín is a stadium that has made them create a very favorable environment around their team. But regardless of this, Venezuelan soccer has been growing. There is some serious work being done and there are great players spread all over the world. In our country there are many important people for your team,” he remarked.
Dorival Junior managed to add two victories in the last FIFA double date; seeks to continue down that path Eraldo Peres – AP
On the main sports prediction platforms around the planet, Brazil has a wide advantage to win this Thursday’s match. If this is achieved, the betting houses pay odds of up to 1.59 against the 5.80 that are paid for a hypothetical victory for Venezuela. The tie, for its part, is trading close to 4.00.
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