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Venezuela Wins Bronze at South American U-20 Beach Soccer Championship

From El Nacional · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Venezuela defeated Colombia 4-3 in Lima, Peru, to win bronze at the South American U-20 beach soccer championship.
  • The result gave Venezuela its first podium finish in the competition’s history.
  • Paraguay retained the title after beating Brazil 5-0 in the final.

Venezuela claimed its first-ever medal in the South American U-20 beach soccer championship by beating Colombia 4-3 in Agua Dulce, Lima.

The match offered a measure of revenge after Colombia defeated Venezuela 3-2 in the group stage. Colombia opened the bronze-medal match with an own goal by Fernando Rivero, but César Pinto quickly equalized.

Sebastián Pizarro restored Colombia’s lead in the second period. Ronald Cordero and Ángel Matute then turned the score around for Venezuela. Juan Cáceres levelled the game in the final period before Rivero scored the goal that secured Venezuela’s victory.

Venezuela had finished sixth at the inaugural tournament in Montevideo in 2017, missed the 2019 edition in Luque and placed seventh in Iquique in 2023. The team coached by Alex Toro reached the podium in Lima for the first time. Paraguay won the tournament by defeating Brazil 5-0 and retained the title it first claimed in 2023.

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Originally published by El Nacional in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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