Today, Friday July 5, Venezuela will measure the force against Canada for the quarter-finals of Copa America 2024 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. The winner of this key will face the winner of the clash between Argentina and Ecuador in the semifinals.

THE 'red wine» was the great revelation of the group stage, as they took first place in Group B with a perfect score after beating Ecuador (2-1), Mexico (1-0) and Jamaica (3-0). They thus confirmed the great moment they had in the Qualifiers, with the help of Fernando Batista. Let us recall that they occupy 4th place and are on the verge of qualifying for the first World Cup in their history.

The Venezuelan team has several notable names such as the talented Yefferson Soteldothe forwards Eduardo Bello And Salomon Rondonwho each scored two goals; Yangel Herrerawho maintains the level displayed last season with Girona, revelation of the Spanish League; and other important names like Cristian Cásseres, José Martínez, Jhonder Cádiz, Yordan Osorio, the experienced Tomas Rincon and goalkeeper Rafael Romo, who saved an important penalty from Orbelin Pineda in the clash with the 'Aztecs'.

For his part, Canada gave the surprise by finishing 2nd in Group A, behind Argentina and eliminating Peru and Chile. The Americans lost 2-0 in their debut against the 'albicelestes', but they recovered by beating the 'two-tone' and draw 0-0 with the 'red'. It is a team with little football tradition, in fact, it is the first time that it participates in a Copa América, but it has experienced great growth in recent years. In fact, they managed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup, after 36 years without participating in a World Cup.

'The Reds“They stand out as an organized team, physically strong and very solid in the defensive zone. In addition, they have a great generation of footballers, many of whom play in the best leagues in Europe. Their great figure is Alphonso Davies, Considered by many to be the best left-back in the world, crucial to Bayern Munich and sought after by Real Madrid. He is joined by other illustrious names such as Jonathan Davidauthor of the goal of the triumph on the 'red and white” and he has just scored 26 goals with Lille in France; Stephen Eustáquio of Porto, Tajon Buchanan of Inter Milan or Cyle Larin of Mallorca.

Those who wish to connect the clash between 'red wine' And 'the Canucks' In Peru, keep in mind that the meeting will take place at 8:00 p.m.the same from Ecuador and Colombia. For its part, in Venezuela, Paraguay, Canada, Bolivia and Chile it is scheduled for 9:00 p.m.; while in Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina it will be played at 10:00 p.m. Likewise, in Mexico it will be played at 7:00 p.m. and in Spain at 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 6.

– Venezuela: Rafael Romo; Nahuel Ferraresi, Yordan Osorio, Miguel Angel Navarro, Jon Aramburú; José Martínez, Yangel Herrera, Jefferson Savarino, Yeferson Soteldo; Salomon Rondon, Eduard Bello. DT: Fernando Batista.

– Canada: Maxime Crépeau; Alistair Johnston, Moise Bombito, Derek Cornelius, Alphonso Davies; Richie Laryea, Ismaël Koné, Stephen Eustaquio, Liam Millar; Jonathan David, Cyle Larin. DT: Jesse Marsch.

Venezuela And Canada They have faced each other twice in history, both in friendly matches. The first time was on June 1, 2007, when they tied 2-2 at the José Encarnación Romero stadium in Maracaibo. Dwayne De Rosario and Ali Gerba scored for the Americans, while Alejandro Cichero and Giancarlo Maldonado did the same for the 'llaneros'.

The second took place on May 29, 2010, with another 1-1 draw at the Metropolitano Olympic Stadium in Mérida. Ángel Chourio converted for the 'red wine' and Gavin McCallum for 'the reds.