Venezuela are the only South American team to never reach the World Cup finals and they showed why in a disastrous 45-minute opening at a stadium without supporters on the coast colombian
Colombia scored three goals in a stunning first half to beat Venezuela 3-0 and make an impressive start to their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign in Barranquilla
Venezuela are the only South American team to never reach the finals of the World Cup and they showed why in a disastrous 45-minute opening in a stadium without supporters on the Colombian coast
Duvan Zapata put the home side 1-0 after 16 minutes when he slipped and finished a delicious low cross from Juan Cuadrado
His Atalanta teammate Luis Muriel made two nine minutes later when he scored with a first shot from 10 meters
Muriel then secured third place for Colombia seconds before the whistle at half-time, when he made a quick counterattack
Colombia took their foot off the pedal in the second half, but Venezuela couldn’t have an impact and neither side could add to the score in a quieter 45-minute second
The top four teams in the 10-team South American group will automatically advance to the final in Qatar in 2022, and the fifth-ranked team will advance to the interregional qualifiers
Venezuela face Paraguay at home in their next match on Tuesday, while Colombia travel to Santiago to face Chile on the same day
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