The Colombian U-17 women’s team was complicated again in the U-17 South American that takes place in Paraguay, since it has not won in two days of the final phase, it only has two units and it has one match left to define its classification for the World Cup of the category in the Dominican Republic.
With the 2-2 draw against Brazil, the Tricolor hangs by a thread in the youth competition and calculates to maintain options for the World Cupsince the championship closes against Ecuador, which is still in the fight to obtain one of the two spots and will not give space to the coffee team.
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It should be remembered that the Colombian team is the recent runner-up in the world in the U-17, remembering its historic performance in India 2022, when it lost the final against Spain by the smallest difference and whose base is the one that will play the orbital tournament on local territory. in August 2024.
Being the second time they met in the South American under-17, Colombia had a goal of revenge because Brazil beat them in the first round by the minimum difference, now with the situation that victory was necessary to secure second place in the face to the last day.
The Tricolor began winning with a penalty action due to a foul by Sofía on Mariana Silva, the judge did not hesitate to whistle the action and Nikol Rojas, with a strong shot, opened the scoring before the break, and extended the lead in the 50th minute at the feet of Maithe López, who gave the coffee makers peace of mind.
However, that joy and good performance was not maintained in the complementary part, especially at 60 minutes, because in a short time Juju Harrys and Mika appeared to equalize the actions, getting a valuable point for the Canarinha remained in first place in the final home run with four points.
With the equality, the national team was left between a rock and a hard place because it has two points, which were due to the equality against Paraguay, without goals, and the one on March 28 against Brazil by 2-2, results that do not help it in nothing to dream about the Dominican Republic’s place in the World Cup.
It’s all because closes the contest against Ecuador, a team that has a good payroll, They suffered a tough 4-0 defeat at the hands of the Brazilians and played a match full of emotions against the Paraguayans, so they arrive at the final matchday with “blood in their eyes” for the classification.
Colombia only needs a victory to secure its place in the World Cup, a draw or a defeat could leave it out and it would be a very hard blow for the Tricolor because it came as a candidate to win the South American, its process is one of the most advanced on the continent and She is the current runner-up.
Women’s football in Colombia began to take great steps in recent years with the appearance of new figures for the senior team, some of them coming from the youth divisions, especially for the 2022 U-17 World Cup in India, where Carlos Paniagua made history.
Paniagua was the first coach to achieve a world title for the country, in any category, male or female, thanks to a roster that had Linda Caicedo and Ana María Guzmán as stars.which reached the quarterfinals with the senior team in the Australia-New Zealand competition between July and August 2023.
