The Colombia Women’s Sub-20 Team received great news, which was announced this Thursday by the team’s technical director himself, Carlos Paniaguain relation to the great figure of the national team, Linda Caicedo.
Linda herself had questioned her presence at the World Cup that will be held in the country starting next month.. In dialogue with Snail Radiothe 19-year-old player assured that being in the competition was not a decision of hers alone and It would depend on Real Madrid and the Colombian Football Federation.
Well, Paniagua, in dialogue with The VBar Snailassured that the Federation, after talking with the Spanish club, had confirmed the presence of the Colombian star in the contestwhich will be developed from August 31 to September 22.
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“The case of Linda Caicedo, there is something that I really like about her, that she still has that amateur spirit, at the end of the South American in Ecuador, the next day after the tournament ended, she called me and told me ‘Profe, I was paying attention of the National Team, of the team, I watched the games at dawn and really, I really liked the team.’ Then she asks me how things are going with her, the relationship between the Colombian Federation and Real Madrid, so that they can make it easier for us that she is representing the country here, in the U-20 World Cup. I answered that since I had gone to the South American in Ecuador I had not touched on that topic again, but that I was going to touch on it the next day,” he initially commented.
And he added: “Precisely, the next day the people from the FCF contacted the sports director of Real Madrid, which gives us great and good news, that Real Madrid is going to give permission for Linda to play this U-20 World Cup in her homeland and with her teammates in the process, who comes from the U-17. The truth is that it is news that gives us a lot of joy, to be able to count on this player for the World Cup here, which we begin on August 31 with our debut against Australia.”
So things, Linda Caicedo will lead the Colombian National Team in the World Cup to be held in Bogotá, Medellín and Cali. The team is placed in Group A along with Australia, Cameroon and Mexico. The debut will be against the Australians on August 31 in El Campín, The game will start at 6:00 PM.
