Venezuela vs Mexico, 2024 Copa América, Group Stage

· Copa América

Venezuela

57': Salomón Rondón (P)

FT
1 - 0

Mexico

Rondon sends Venezuela into Copa quarters with win over Mexico

Salomon Rondon struck a second-half penalty to send Venezuela into the Copa América quarterfinals on Wednesday with a 1-0 win over Mexico in Group B, a result that also sent Jamaica crashing out of the tournament.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Attempt missed. Uriel Antuna (Mexico) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Carlos Rodríguez.
2': Foul by Yangel Herrera (Venezuela).
2': Luis Chávez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
2': Foul by Jon Aramburu (Venezuela).
2': Julián Quiñones (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Jorge Sánchez (Mexico).
3': Yeferson Soteldo (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Offside, Mexico. Uriel Antuna is caught offside.
8': Offside, Venezuela. Yangel Herrera is caught offside.
10': Attempt blocked. Julián Quiñones (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
10': Attempt missed. Carlos Rodríguez (Mexico) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
13': Attempt missed. Yeferson Soteldo (Venezuela) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Yangel Herrera.
15': Attempt blocked. Uriel Antuna (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Santiago Giménez with a through ball.
15': Hand ball by Santiago Giménez (Mexico).
19': Attempt blocked. Eduard Bello (Venezuela) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Salomón Rondón.
19': Attempt saved. Santiago Giménez (Mexico) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Chávez with a through ball.
21': Attempt missed. Gerardo Arteaga (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
22': Offside, Venezuela. Salomón Rondón is caught offside.
24': Attempt saved. Carlos Rodríguez (Mexico) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Julián Quiñones with a cross.
25': Offside, Venezuela. Salomón Rondón is caught offside.
26': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Miguel Navarro.
32': Delay in match because of an injury Yangel Herrera (Venezuela).
33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
34': Salomón Rondón (Venezuela) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Jefferson Savarino with a through ball following a fast break.
34': Foul by Nahuel Ferraresi (Venezuela).
34': Luis Chávez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Nahuel Ferraresi (Venezuela) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
36': Attempt blocked. Luis Chávez (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
38': Foul by Santiago Giménez (Mexico).
38': José Martínez (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Santiago Giménez (Mexico) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
39': Delay in match because of an injury José Martínez (Venezuela).
40': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
42': Offside, Mexico. Uriel Antuna is caught offside.
44': Foul by César Montes (Mexico).
44': Salomón Rondón (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45': Foul by Julián Quiñones (Mexico).
45': Nahuel Ferraresi (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Foul by Jorge Sánchez (Mexico).
45'+1': Miguel Navarro (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': Foul by Santiago Giménez (Mexico).
45'+2': Yordan Osorio (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+3': First Half ends, Venezuela 0, Mexico 0.
45': Second Half begins Venezuela 0, Mexico 0.
45': Substitution, Mexico. Israel Reyes replaces César Montes.
45': Substitution, Venezuela. Cristian Cásseres replaces Jefferson Savarino.
46': Foul by Santiago Giménez (Mexico).
46': Nahuel Ferraresi (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Attempt saved. Yeferson Soteldo (Venezuela) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Salomón Rondón.
51': Attempt blocked. Salomón Rondón (Venezuela) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yeferson Soteldo.
51': Offside, Venezuela. Eduard Bello is caught offside.
53': Attempt blocked. Salomón Rondón (Venezuela) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yeferson Soteldo.
53': Corner, Venezuela. Conceded by Johan Vásquez.
53': Attempt missed. Cristian Cásseres (Venezuela) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
55': Penalty Venezuela. Jon Aramburu draws a foul in the penalty area.
55': Penalty conceded by Julián Quiñones (Mexico) after a foul in the penalty area.
57': Goal! Venezuela 1, Mexico 0. Salomón Rondón (Venezuela) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
59': Corner, Venezuela. Conceded by Jorge Sánchez.
59': Delay in match because of an injury Yangel Herrera (Venezuela).
60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
60': Foul by Yordan Osorio (Venezuela).
60': Luis Chávez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Substitution, Mexico. Alexis Vega replaces Carlos Rodríguez.
61': Substitution, Mexico. Guillermo Martínez replaces Santiago Giménez.
62': Cristian Cásseres (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Foul by Alexis Vega (Mexico).
63': Foul by Uriel Antuna (Mexico).
63': Miguel Navarro (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Alexis Vega (Mexico) is shown the yellow card.
64': Miguel Navarro (Venezuela) is shown the yellow card.
67': Attempt blocked. Johan Vásquez (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
69': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Miguel Navarro.
71': Substitution, Venezuela. Darwin Machís replaces Eduard Bello.
72': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Miguel Navarro.
73': Substitution, Mexico. César Huerta replaces Uriel Antuna.
73': Delay in match (Mexico).
73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
75': Foul by Guillermo Martínez (Mexico).
75': Yordan Osorio (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76': Attempt blocked. Yangel Herrera (Venezuela) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Salomón Rondón.
77': Attempt missed. Luis Romo (Mexico) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by César Huerta.
78': Substitution, Mexico. Orbelín Pineda replaces Julián Quiñones.
81': Attempt missed. Cristian Cásseres (Venezuela) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yeferson Soteldo.
82': Substitution, Venezuela. Jhonder Cádiz replaces Salomón Rondón.
82': Substitution, Venezuela. Wilker Ángel replaces Yeferson Soteldo.
83': Attempt blocked. Jorge Sánchez (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by César Huerta.
83': Penalty conceded by Miguel Navarro (Venezuela) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
83': Delay in match because of an injury Miguel Navarro (Venezuela).
84': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
85': VAR Decision: Penalty Mexico.
87': Penalty saved. Orbelín Pineda (Mexico) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
87': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Rafael Romo.
88': Attempt saved. César Huerta (Mexico) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
88': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Rafael Romo.
88': Delay in match (Mexico).
88': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
89': Substitution, Venezuela. Christian Makoun replaces Yangel Herrera.
90'+1': Attempt saved. Guillermo Martínez (Mexico) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
90'+1': Attempt blocked. César Huerta (Mexico) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
90'+2': Foul by Jhonder Cádiz (Venezuela).
90'+2': Israel Reyes (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': César Huerta (Mexico) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+2': Foul by Miguel Navarro (Venezuela).
90'+5': Attempt blocked. Luis Romo (Mexico) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
90'+5': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Yordan Osorio.
90'+5': Attempt blocked. Guillermo Martínez (Mexico) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Chávez with a cross.
90'+5': Attempt missed. Johan Vásquez (Mexico) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
90'+6': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Jon Aramburu.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Venezuela 1, Mexico 0.
0': Match ends, Venezuela 1, Mexico 0.

Statistics

MEX		VEN
12	Fouls	7
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	4
7	Corner Kicks	2
1	Saves	5
61.2	Possession	38.8
18	SHOTS	10
5	ON GOAL	2
0.3	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	1
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
397	Accurate Passes	233
489	Passes	321
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
4	Accurate Crosses	0
24	Crosses	4
0.2	Cross %	0.0
47	Long Balls	60
25	Accurate Long Balls	19
0.5	Long Balls %	0.3
8	Blocked Shots	4
10	Effective Tackles	19
16	Tackles	26
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
6	Interceptions	15
12	Effective Clearances	45
12	Clearances	45

Game Information

Competition: Copa América

Venue: SoFi Stadium
Location: Inglewood, California, USA
Attendance: 72,773

Copa América Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Venezuela	3	+5	9
2	Ecuador	3	+1	4
3	Mexico	3	0	4
4	Jamaica	3	-6	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

Venezuela (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
22	Rafael Romo (GK)
3	Yordan Osorio
2	Nahuel Ferraresi
15	Miguel Navarro
4	Jon Aramburu
7	Jefferson Savarino
6	Yangel Herrera
13	José Andrés Martínez
23	Salomón Rondón
10	Yeferson Soteldo
25	Eduard Bello

Venezuela Substitutes:

Joel Graterol, Cristian Cásseres Jr., Eric Ramírez, José Contreras, Darwin Machis, Tomás Rincón, Jhonder Cádiz, Kervin Andrade, Dani Pereira, Christian Makoun, Jhon Chancellor, Alexander González, Wilker Ángel, Telasco Segovia, Matías Lacava.

Mexico (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Julio González (GK)
5	Johan Vásquez
3	César Montes
7	Luis Romo
6	Gerardo Arteaga
2	Jorge Sánchez
24	Luis Chávez
8	Carlos Rodríguez
9	Julián Quiñones
15	Uriel Antuna
11	Santiago Gimenez

Mexico Substitutes:

Bryan González, Alexis Vega, Raúl Rangel, Marcelo Flores, Israel Reyes, Brian García, Jordi Cortizo, Orbelín Pineda, Jesús Orozco, Roberto Alvarado, Guillermo Martínez, César Huerta, Érick Sánchez, Carlos Acevedo.

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