Colombia is in the World Cup! The U-17 Women’s National Team achieved the goal and will be present at the World Cup of the category to be held in the Dominican Republic in October. Carlos Paniagua’s team beat Ecuador 4-2 on the last day of the Final Quadrangular. The scores of Ella Grace Martínez, Samantha Rodríguez, Maithe López and Nikol Rojas certified the national team’s ticket to the World Cup event.
The Tricolor finished second in the South American with five points, the champion was Brazil with seven and the third ticket to the World Cup was obtained by Ecuador with three points. Paraguay could not assert its home advantage in the Quadrangular and was last with just one point.
Colombia dominates despite the partial tie
One minute was needed to open the scoring. The Colombian National Team had the pressure to win, because if they did, they would automatically qualify for the World Cup of the category; if not, it would depend on the result of the match between Brazil and Paraguay; With that in mind he went out to look for everything, and from a throw-in the first of the afternoon arrived. In the 36th second, Nicole Cárdenas charged, Maithe López served as a pivot and threw the center for Assist Ella Grace Martínez who shot straight into the goal and opened the Colombian account.
Carlos Paniagua’s team did not have time to celebrate because within a minute the Ecuadorian tie came. Emily Delgado took advantage of an unforced error by Sofía Ortiz and sent a shot from the edge of the area to put everything back as it was at the beginning. With the partial tie, the national team insisted in every way to return to victory. Maithe López, Isabella Díaz and Mariana Silva were the players who led the most attacks against Colombia and who generated the most danger in the rival goal.
López playing on both ends gave the team more outlets; Silva and Díaz tried it on still balls, they both shared the corner kick charges and tried with their delicate and precise punch to score an Olympic goal, but it always went wide. Colombia took control of the ball and was able to dominate the first half, having greater precision in the passes and more shots on goal, howevercould not increase the score and the first half ended in equality.
Rain of Colombian goals in Ypané
The second part of the commitment -accompanied by heavy rain- had two moments. First, Ecuador was the clear dominator of the game, the actions began on their own territory and ended up demanding Luisa Agudelo. Emily Delgado repeated her dose after an error at the start of the Colombian goalkeeper who tried to play on the ground but ended up giving the ball to the forward to put the Ecuadorian team ahead.
Colombia was not there, it delivered poorly, it came out badly and it did not finish the few options it was generating, but the second moment of the complement arrived… Mariana Silva took a free kick, goalkeeper Posada cleared it but Samantha Rodríguez was attentive to capture the rebound and put the partial tie that meant a mood change in the team.
With character, the Tricolor went from less to more in the second half and quickly took the lead. Soccer awarded whoever had been the player with the most offensive presenceMaithe López gained position over two defenders and managed to enter the small area to define the Ecuadorian goal with her right foot. Two minutes later, the newly introduced Nikol Rojas made it 4-2 with the first ball she touched, Maithé gained speed from the midfield, unloaded a cross ball into the Independiente Santa Fe player, who only had to shoot into the goal. to send the National Team to the Dominican Republic.
With this victory, Colombia achieved qualification for the World Cup in the category that will be held between October and November of this year, being second in the Quadrangular with five points. The other two World Cup tickets were won by Brazil and Ecuador with seven and three units, respectively.
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