The captain and top scorer of the Bolivian soccer team, Marcelo Martins, recognized that the victory over Trinidad and Tobago by 5-0 motivates and gives confidence for the next game against Venezuela, which will be within the framework of date 15 of the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
La Verde played at will against the Caribbean team and achieved a massive win in a friendly match played at the Patria stadium in Sucre.
“The most important thing is to go to play in Venezuela with a lot of confidence, We are achieving that identity that we want to show ourselves and our fans. Hopefully we can play a good game against Venezuela and leave it all there because that’s how games are won”, said Martins.
The public from Chuquisaca enjoyed the show provided by the selection, although Martins was in charge of clarifying that they took the game very seriously on the field.
“The show is important for the fans, but we don’t take it that way. A team came from afar to play and we were forceful. The important thing was the claw and the understanding. We are doing what coach Farías wants, I think whoever comes in, whether he is an experienced player or a youth player, is doing well”, he explained.
Martins contributed with a goal in this game and with that goal raises to 29 the annotations with the national team, because he is the maximum historical gunner of the Green.