Carlos Paniagua confirmed the presence of the Real Madrid forward for the national team event.
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Futbolred Editorial
June 26, 2024, 03:23 p.m.
The Colombian U-20 Women’s National Team received one of the best news in preparation for the World Cup of the category, which will precisely be in the country, after it was confirmed that Linda Caicedo will be present on Carlos Paniagua’s team to face the event.
Initially, the doubts surrounding the presence of the Real Madrid forward were that the same team would loan out the 19-year-old player, taking into account that a team is not obliged to loan out a player for a World Cup for minor categories.
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Likewise, the technical director of the Colombian team in that category, Carlos Paniagua, announced in conversations with Win Sports that the 19-year-old forward will be able to participate in the U-20 World Cup, stating that Caicedo has the intention of participating with Colombia, also adding that the Valle del Cauca native will be present at the Olympic Games with the senior team.
“We just arrived from the South American trip to Ecuador (early May) Linda called me and asked me herself: ‘Teacher, how is mine going?’ I told him, ‘during the South American we didn’t have any more contact with Real Madrid, but tomorrow we will have communication again.’ The people of the Federation, Camila Terreros and Iván Novela, who are the ones who have had communication with the sports director of Real Madrid, gave us the good news that Linda is now authorized to play in the World Cup with us,” stated the coach. of the Colombia Under-20 National Team.
“They (Real Madrid) consider that it is a World Cup in their country and that they should play their last World Cup in this category, and it seemed to me like a very big gesture for Linda Caicedo to call and ask because she herself has insisted that she wants to be here, who wants to represent the country, who wants to say goodbye to her friends and colleagues with whom she grew up and trained in a World Cup here in our country,” she added.
The truth then is that Linda Caicedo will command the U-20 team of the Colombian National Team, which will debut in the World Cup against Australia on August 31 in El Campín, and will also be present in the following coffee duels against Cameroon (September 3 ) and Mexico (September 6).
