Chili recovered from the defeat in the debut against New Zealand and beat with authority Canada by 3 to 0 in a victory without mitigating circumstances.
Las Diablas took the field determined to recover from the setback in the first matchthose conducted by Sergio Vigil They started the game with pressure that was as intense as it was high, positioning themselves in the rival field and trying to dominate the actions from the prelude. Although the income to the Canadian area was many, Chile did not benefit from those actions. With one minute and fifty seconds remaining in the initial 15, they made a tackle on Fernanda Arrieta that led to a short corner and that led to the first free shot on goal, a shot made by Camila Caram, who passed close to it.
During the second quarter the fervor did not give up and Las Diablas strictly followed the idea of the beginning, and the reward did not take long to arrive: after a short corner, Josefa Salas (20′) He had the rebound and a deflection made it 1-0 in favor of Chile.
In the complement Chile came out to redouble the bet, with a frenetic game that stunned the Canadians. The first forward, with the pressure high, was their historic number ten Manuela Urroz. In one of the patriadas you perform manustole the ball from a North American defenderattended to Maria Jesus Maldonado (32′)with a pass between his legs, and Jesus He defined with the goal at his mercy to make it 2 to 0.
The last 15 minutes were less forcefuldespite the fact that Canada went out to get the result, they were not able to grow in their game to reflect it in the result. The transcendent thing happened following a request for a video ref from Arrieta, the Chilean requested to review a foul without a ball near the Canadian area that the referee had not noticed… that led to a short corner for Las Diablas and a yellow for Karli Johansen. From that fixed play came, from a rebound of Coni Palma (52′), the third goal for Chile and the sentence of the win.
Chile took to the field with: Natalia Salvador, Camila Caram, Doménica Ananías, Fernanda Flores, Josefina Gutierrez, Fernanda Arrieta, Francisca Tala, Paula Valdivia, Denise Rojas Losada, Sofía Filipek and Manuela Urroz. Substitutes: Beatriz Wirth, Josefa Salas, Constanza Palma, Agustina Solano, María Jesús Maldonado, Amanda Martínez and Laura Müller. DT: Diego Amoroso.
The rest of the matches on the second day will be: Japan vs. New Zealand, Ireland vs. Italy and South Korea vs. Spain.
Chili He will play again on Thursday, June 6, against Japan for his third game in the Nations Cup.
