The People Of El Valle

Soccer: El Salvador scores two late goals to defeat Venezuela at RFK Stadium

Trailing Venezuela by one goal late in the second half of its friendly at RFK Stadium, the Salvadoran team finally allowed those roars to reach a climax.

Herbert Sosa’s free kick goal in the 83rd minute was followed by Edwin Sanchez’s strike in the 90th to provide El Salvador with a 2-1 victory over Venezuela, which for much of the match had appeared in control.

Sosa’s curling free kick was re-directed into the net by Venezuelan defender Josef Martinez in the 83rd minute to even the score at one.

That provided a lift to El Salvador as the crowd — decidedly pro-Salvadoran — erupted.

Seven minutes later, Sosa slipped as he played Sanchez through and the substitute got by defender Alexander Gonzalez and put enough on his shot to beat goalkeeper Rafael Romo for the winner.

“Double satisfying,” El Salvador Coach Ruben Jorge Israel said in his native Spanish. “First to see we could win a game that for El Salvador is very important, to awaken the joy of the people here. . . . Every Salvadoran cares a lot about the national team and whether we can win these friendlies.”

Despite fielding what was essentially its “B” team, Venezuela’s young players provided more than enough in the early going.

Less than a month after the team’s surprising trip to the Copa America semifinals and a best-ever fourth-place finish, Venezuela, a nation known more for its baseball, brought just two players that were a part of that roster.

Those players, each with just a handful of international appearances, caused problems throughout the match for the Salvadoran defense.

Yonathan Del Valle, a 21-year-old forward, and his partner up top, 19-year-old Fernando Aristeguieta, constantly broke through El Salvador’s back line and created chances in the first half. It was fitting, then, that they combined for Venezuela’s goal.

In the 29th minute, Aristeguieta checked back to receive a pass, then played it off to his right and spun inside. While Del Valle overlapped, Aristeguieta got the ball back and found Del Valle for a quick one-two inside the box, then took a touch to his right and slid the ball to the far post.

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