Recently, former Dalian player Ron Dong, who is playing for Everton in the Premier League, appeared on the training ground of the Venezuelan national team, which means that he has returned to the team after more than a year of absence from the national team, and he will follow the team to participate in the World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and Uruguay.
With little hope of qualifying after 14 rounds, the Venezuelan Football Federation sacked former coach Gonzalez after the end of the international match day in November, and in early December they announced that Peckerman, a 72-year-old coach who had coached the Argentina and Colombian national teams, would be Peckerman's debut after taking office.
Last year, Rondon missed the Copa America in Brazil due to injury, and then turned down a call for the national team in order to find match status at Everton. His last appearance for the national team was on 17 November 2020, when he scored his 31st goal against Chile, becoming the most goalscored player in the history of the Venezuelan national team. Peckerman's recruitment of Rondon this time is also hoped that he can help the team reverse the decline and make a good start to his Venezuelan national team coaching journey.
But for Rondon, the biggest problem at the moment is how to break the goal drought. Since terminating his contract with Dalian last summer and coming to Everton for Benitez, Rondon has made 13 league appearances but scored just one goal, which is very different from his previous performances in both the Chinese Super League and the Russian Premier League.
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