The peruvian team had a terrible start in the final hexagonal of the South American Women’s Sub 20 which has been taking place in Ecuador, because it lost its first three games against Colombia (1-0), Argentina (5-0) and Venezuela (6-1). However, they still have a chance to qualify for the World Cup of the category, which will be played in lands ‘coffee makers‘ between August 31 to September 22 of this year.
Those directed by Jaqueline Ucella They had just been the revelation of the championship in the first phase, finishing second in Group A, above Argentina and the eliminated Ecuador and Uruguay. In their first match of this second phase, they faced a Colombia that arrived with a perfect score and were only defeated by a penalty in the final minutes.
However, the duels against the albiceleste‘ and the ‘red wine‘ were catastrophic, since they were vastly outmatched and fell by a resounding defeat by five goals.
Despite this, hopes are not lost. This is because Conmebol, which received 4 places from FIFA for the World Cup in the category, will now have 5 places. The reason is that one of them is reserved for Colombia, for being the host country of the contest. Furthermore, the ‘partners’ They qualified for the final hexagonal, which means that only one of the six teams will be eliminated. The ‘bicolor’ You simply have to avoid being in last place.
With his last defeat, Peru came in last place with zero points, while Venezuela, its direct rival, has 3 units. The last two days will take place on Thursday, May 2 and Sunday, May 5.
To the ‘bicolor‘he needs to play against Paraguay and Brazilwhile at ‘llaneras‘ against Brazil and Argentina. In this context, the Peruvians need to add 4 points, winning one game and tying the other, and hope that the Venezuelans lose their two games, and thus surpass them in the standings.
There is also the mathematical possibility of losing one, winning the other and, in case the ‘red wine’ fall in their two games, equalize on points and appeal to goal difference. However, this area is currently quite unfavorable for Peru, which due to defeats has -11, while its rival +2. Beating them in that area in just two matches is almost a utopia.
What happens in the clash between Argentina and Paraguay must also be taken into account, who have 3 points each. The loser of said confrontation would complicate their chances and could also be surpassed by Peru.
The last edition of the South American Women’s Sub 20 was held in 2022 in Chile. For that edition, Conmebol received only two places and those classified were Colombia and Brazil.
Already in the World Cup, both countries had an outstanding performance. The ‘canarinha‘ advanced to the quarterfinals as 2nd in Group A, after drawing 0-0 with Spain, beating Costa Rica 5-0 and beating Australia 2-0.
For their part, the ‘coffee makers‘, with Linda Caicedo As a great figure, they did the same by finishing 1st in Group 1 after their historic 1-0 victory over Germany and two draws 0-0 with Mexico and 2-2 with New Zealand.
Already in the quarterfinals, both South American countries faced each other, resulting in a 1-0 Brazilian victory. He ‘scratch’ They fell in the semifinals 2-1 against Japan, but got their revenge in the match for 3rd place by beating the United States 4-1. Countries Low.
