The coach of the Venezuelan soccer team, Fernando ‘Bocha’ Batista, expressed in a recent interview that he feels “angry” for not being able to be present on the bench of the Caribbean team directing his team in the match against Brazil.
The absence is due to the fact that the Argentine strategist accumulated two yellow cards in the games played in October against Argentina and Paraguay.
“I feel angry for not being able to be there, angry for the warnings that were given in those (previous) games”Batista said.
“I don’t like to talk a lot about referees, but when these types of things happen, one is sanguine, and it’s time to talk about it,” he said.
The helmsman concluded: “I will have to see it from the outside (the Venezuela vs. Brazil match). There is a coaching staff present that we trust, and well, We will suffer from outside. “We are calm.”
This Thursday, November 14, the Venezuelan National Team faces the Brazilian National Team in a match corresponding to matchday number 11 of the South American Qualifiers.
Partially, the Venezuelan soccer team is virtually running out of the World Cup, although it is worth noting that there are eight qualifying matches left towards the 2026 World Cup, which translates into 24 points.
Apart from the home match against Brazil on November 14, Venezuela will later visit Chile on November 19.
This is how the standings for the South American Qualifiers go towards the 2026 World Cup:
- 1. Argentina: 22 points.
- 2. Colombia: 19.
- 3. Uruguay: 16.
- 4. Brazil: 16.
- 5. Ecuador: 13.
- 6. Paraguay: 13.
- 7. Bolivia: 12.
- 8. Venezuela: 11.
- 9. Peru: 6.
- 10. Chile: 5.
It should be noted that the 2026 World Cup grants the teams from the South American Qualifiers six direct places. The team remaining in the seventh box, in turn, will be able to play the so-called repechage.
