Maturín, Venezuela – Na Thursday wey don pass, Fernando Batista, di coach of Venezuela national team, don yan big things about their star player, Yeferson Soteldo. E talk say e dey optimistic say Soteldo go fit play for di crucial match against Bolivia wey go happen for Friday.
Dis game dey important as Vinotinto, as di team dey call dem, need three points to keep their World Cup dreams alive. (Abeg, na wetin we all dey want – make dem no fall our hand!) Soteldo don dey recover from niggling injury wey e get from him club, Santos, wey be the same club wey Neymar dey play for. So you sabi say dia pressure full ground.
Batista don commend di medical team wey dey handle Soteldo’s case, saying “Yeferson dey very okay.” But jare, wetin he dey talk no be wetin we go fit believe till we see am for pitch. E continue say, “Di coach wey dey run di ball, dey work with di player and dis week wey don pass don show say our team ready to fire.” (Na only time go tell if dem don use juju or wetin!)
As di match dey come close, Soteldo don dey join di rest of di team for training. Batista don dey prepare di guys, dey talk about managing anxiety and all dat waka wey dey important for big matches. How we go fit carry di day without dey shake?
“If we fit win dis match, e go bring us closer to our goal, even though we still get more matches wey go test our strength,” he give dem pep talk. Who no like win, abeg? Vinotinto dey sit for seventh position with 15 points and di only South American team wey never enter World Cup. So dem no wan make dis opportunity pass dem by.
For di final stretch of di qualifiers, dem go face Argentina and close with Colombia. Na tension na, wey be say dem need to step up and make we all proud! (Chai! We just dey hope say dem go fit carry di day.)
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