The crossings of the next phase of the Venezuela Cup are being defined. Monagas, the first to qualify for the round of 16, was joined by Caracas, Mineros de Guayana and Rayo Zuliano. Their victories on the fifth day of the tournament, played between October 6 and 7, assured them a ticket to the next stage.
Caracas once again received the public in the stands of the Olympic stadium of the Central University of Venezuela with a 1-0 victory. Sebastián González, from a penalty kick, scored the only goal of the game against Yaracuyanos. The Colombian scored his third goal in the Venezuela Cup and the Ávila Reds extended their unbeaten streak to five games.
The other team that has not yet lost in the Venezuela Cup is Rayo Zuliano. Efraín Gómez, Cristian Maldonado and Cristian Romero were the authors of the goals to beat Deportivo Lara 3-2. The visiting team scored through Dylan Alvarado and Johan Arrieche.
Regarding Mineros de Guayana, Juan Méndez scored against Monagas. In a match that ended 1-0, the black and blue achieved their pass to the next stage of the Venezuela Cup. The other match in that group, between Dynamo Puerto and Bolívar, was won by the visitor 0-2 with goals from Juan Monsanto and José Gamboa.
Rest of results
The only win of the date came from Aragua during his visit to Barquisimeto. Although the locals took the lead with a goal from José Rondón in the 13th minute, their rival came back. After the tying goal scored by Romeo Di Modugno, Kevin Pérez, Ronny Maza and Jesús Sánchez scored the other three goals to make it 1-4.
Apart from wins and losses, the fifth round of the Venezuela Cup also had equalities with goals. Romer Revilla scored the tying goal in the 89th minute so that El Vigía did not take the three points with the goal that Arturo Aizpu scored in the 49th minute.
Trujillanos took the lead in their match against Ureña when Franco Díaz opened the scoring in the three minutes and Nicolás Femia doubled the lead in the 11th. Despite trailing by two goals, Ureña tied the Venezuela Cup game with goals from Carlos Pérez and Eifer Ramírez.
On matchday 5, there were only two goalless draws, Deportivo Miranda and Atlético Ávila did not hurt each other. Likewise, neither Zamora nor Atlético Barinas found a way to break the zero on the scoreboard. In this way, a new date of the Venezuela Cup concluded.
Groups A and B, with Anzoátegui and Zamora in first place, will be defined on the sixth day, since Atlético Ávila and Atlético Barinas have a chance of overcoming them. Of the five groups of the Venezuela Cuptheir respective leaders and the three best third parties qualify to play in the round of 16.
