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lColombia U-20 women’s team saved the duel against Venezuela in the last seconds and won 3-2 with goals from Mary José Álvarez, Ana Milé González and Gabriela Rodríguez.
The Colombians, who missed several goals in the complementary stage of the duel on the second date of the final hexagonal of the South American U-20 in Ecuador, received the reward for their effort and dedication with the goal from Gabriela Rodríguez, at 90+4 of replacement.
“The goal and the victory are a reward for the team that never stopped insisting: Suddenly we were surprised by Venezuela’s tie, but we are a united group, which never stops fighting and that is why we scored the goal for the victory. a result that is very important for us,” commented Gaby, who is also the tournament’s top scorer with six goals.
The National Team took the lead very early on the scoreboard, after three minutes, thanks to the action of Mary José Álvarez, who reached the far post and sent the ball home after taking a free kick.
Those led by Carlos Paniagua who had three changes in the starting eleven (Juana Ortegón, Ana Milé González and Karla Torres), they were firm and confident from the first minutes and dominated the game in the first half. Proof of this is the five clear goal actions and the partial result, since Álvarez’s goal was added, at 40 minutes, by Ana Milé González, for 2-0.
In the complementary stage, the Venezuelans took advantage of two defensive errors to equalize the score. First with both Maríayella Jiménez, at 51 minutes, in a bad start by the goalkeeper Luisa Agudelo which allowed the rival captain, with a header, to score 2-1.
Then it was Floriángel Apostol who, at 82 minutes, took advantage of another failure and scored 2-2, a score that seemed definitive, since there was very little playing time left.
Those led by Paniagua lamented because during the second half they had chances to score with Karla Torres, Maithé López and Stefanía Perlaza and extend the lead, but those shots hit the post or were cleared by the goalkeeper Hilary Albaris Azuaje.
But Colombia did not want to settle for the tie that left them no chance of competing for the title, and they never stopped insisting. Until four minutes into replacement, Gabriela scored the final 3-2 that leaves the Tricolor with 6 points in the hexagonal, waiting for what will happen with the duels. Peru-Argentina and Brazil-Paraguay.
The next output of Colombia will be on Monday (6:30 pm) against Brazil in Guayaquil.
Match summary:
Minute 90+5: The center determines the final of the match and Colombia’s 3-2 victory against Venezuela.
Minute 90+4: Gooooal from Gabriela Rodríguez! She reaches six goals in the tournament, making her the tournament’s top scorer.
Minute 82: Goal from Venezuela, In a second action in the area, after a first rejection, Floriángel Apostol arrived to finish and beat goalkeeper Luisa Agudelo.
Minute 51: Goal from Venezuela, In a bad start by goalkeeper Luisa Agudelo, Maríayella Jiménez takes advantage.
The first half ended with vpartial 2-0 victory against Venezuela, in a match in which the National Team made three changes to the starting roster.
Minute 40: Gooooal from Ana Milé González! From medium distance to extend the advantage of the Colombians against Venezuela, which leaves them as first in the hexagonal, with six points, waiting for what happens in the other two duels of the day.
Minute 2: Gooooal from Colombia! Mary José Alvarez He attacked the ball after taking a free kick and with his left leg sent the ball to the back of the goal. Second goal for the captain of the National Team.
The technician Carlos Paniagua, It has been clear that the hexagonal is played at a different price, and that is why each match is a final, the tricolor team has the goal of playing nine finals, which would allow it to go for the tournament title.
the tricolor goes with Luisa Fernanda Agudelo; Cristin Motta, Stefanía Perlaza, Mary José Álvarez, Sintia Cabezas; Liz Katerine Osorio, Juana Ortegón, Gabriela Rodríguez, Ana Milé González, Maithé López and Karla Torres.
Until now Colombia has disputed five games, with the same number of victories, and is one of the candidates to seek the title held by Brazil, the only champion in this category with nine consecutive crowns.
The match against Venezuela will start at 4:00 in the afternoon, and can be seen in the country, through Caracol and RCN HD2 and www.golcaracol.com, The Tricolor game is the first of the day that also includes the Peru-Argentina duels (6:30 pm), and Paraguay-Brazil (9:00 at night).
Follow here, the incidents of the commitment which starts at 4:00 in the afternoon, in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
