The first national football team lost their second friendly match against Venezuela with a clean sheet at the end of the training camp they played in Alicante, Spain, as part of the first phase of preparations for Qatar 2022.
This is the second defeat of the team in the Spanish national team after losing to Colombia with the same result at the Nueva Condomina stadium in the Spanish city of Murcia.
The only goal of the match was scored by Nahuel Ferrari in the 37th minute after a great save by Al Owais from a header by Sutildo, who found Hanuel’s wingman who put the ball into the net without defenders.
With his remarkable performance in this match, Al Owais was instrumental in avoiding a hard loss after single-handedly taking on the burden of defensive errors and the ingenuity of the Venezuelan strikers.
The match did not include captain Salman Al-Faraj and Muhammad Al-Buraiq with injuries.
And Herve Renard played in this match with a different squad than in the match with Colombia, with the exception of some players who participated in the previous match.
Venezuela dominated the first half and posed a serious danger due to the retreat of the team in their stadium. In the 37th minute, Venezuela scored the first goal thanks to Nahuel Ferrari after the ball bounced off Muhammad Al-Owais. The first half ended with the Venezuelan team went ahead with a clean goal.
In the second half coach changes began and Hervé Renard made a number of substitutions to rest the players due to the hot weather in the stadium. The result did not change as Al Owais continued to defend his goal brilliantly.
So far, the most dangerous opportunity for our team came in the 77th minute thanks to Abdullah Al-Hamdan, who snatched the ball from the Venezuelan defender and scored, but hit the goalkeeper’s body, and, counting 5 minutes of lost time, the referee announced the end of the match with the victory of Venezuela with a clear goal.
