The Venezuelan team is fully focused on the match that corresponds to the third date of the 2026 qualification at the Arena Pantanal Stadium, facing Canarinha this Thursday, October 12, at 8:30 p.m. (Venezuelan time). For this difficult challenge that the team led by Fernando Batista will have to overcome, Vinotinto will have to do without some players who are injured due to this deployment.
What losses will Vinotinto have in the game against Brazil?
The current losses of the Venezuelan team are as follows:
- Fernando Aristeguieta
- Wuilker Farinez.
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Why weren’t Aristeguieta and Fariñez called to Vinotinto?
In the case of striker Fernando Aristeguieta, the injury occurred while he was defending the colors of the club Caracas FC last May. The medical report of the aforementioned team announced the athlete’s diagnosis: “The player from Avila suffered an injury amounting toTibia and fibula” he hinted.
Young goalkeeper Wuilker Fariñez suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee last December, ruling him out for the rest of this season with French club Lens.
Nahuel Ferraresi recovered from his injury
Until a few months ago, Venezuelan fans had difficulties with the central defender Nahuel Ferraresi is recovering from an injury sustained in the game Palmeiras vs. Sao Paulo.
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However, after an operation to reconstruct the cruciate ligament in his right knee, he was able to overcome his injury and was already included in the playing list.
Who will be called up in Venezuela against Brazil?
Fernando Batista announced the list of players called up for the next duels against himBrazil and Chile,for dates 3 and 4 of the 2026 qualification:
Rafael Romo, Alain Baroja, Joel Graterol, Jon Aramburu, Alexander Gonzalez, Jordan Osorio, Nahuel Ferraresi, Wilker Angel, Christian Makoun, Luis Mago, Miguel Navarro, Roberto Rosales, Tomás Rincon, Junior Moreno, Yangel Herrera, Christian Casseres Jr. Jesus Well, Jefferson Savarino, Samuel Sosa, Romulus Otero, Eduard Bello, Jefferson Soteldo, Darwin Machis, Solomon Knob, Erick Ramirez, Sergio Cordova and Josef Martinez.