Colombia defeated this Sunday (1-2) to Ecuador in the fourth day of Group A of the Women’s America Cupa result that left those led by Nelson Abbey one point from the semifinals and the Tri on the verge of elimination.
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The coffee makers reached nine points, followed by Chili Y Paraguay with six and Ecuador with three, while boliviawho has already played all his games, closed the championship without units.
Mayra Ramírez and Linda Caicedo scored
Before more than 20,000 fans who attended the Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali, the hosts overcame the obstacle raised in defense by the Ecuadorian coach, the Brazilian Emily Limawith annotations from Mayra Ramirez Y Linda Caycedo.
The provisional draw of the Tri was the work nicole charcopa.
The Colombians, who played today in their second uniform, took possession of the ball from the kick-off but had great difficulty breaking up the organized opposition defense, led by the central defenders Erika Grace Y Suany Fajardo.
The first approach came due to an error by the Ecuadorian goalkeeper Andrea Moranwho cleared poorly under pressure from the youth Linda Caycedo and handed the ball to Ramirezthat when he was going to finish off was anticipated by a rival.
Ramírez’s second goal in the tournament
Without much creativity or depth, Colombia maintained dominance until he managed to open the scoring at 29′ when leicy santos leaked a pass to Ramirezwho in heads up beat Moran and celebrated his second entry in the tournament.
However, La Tri, who looked organized in defense, equalized very soon, just four minutes later, after the midfielder Karen Flowers will steal the ball from Liana Salazar and will pass it to Nayely Bolanos who, despite not being very active today, enabled pool to score his first goal in the Women’s America Cup.
The Ecuadorians took the limelight away from the Colombians after the goal, but they did not find much depth either because the ball did not reach Bolanos.
In this context, the coffee makers found the advantage in a good play that started Daniela Montoyapassed through the heel Salazarthe foot of Ramirez and it was left to Caicedowho took a cross shot to beat the goalkeeper Moran and leave his team with the advantage before the break.
For the complementary stage, the Colombians maintained dominance but this time they went deeper due to the damage they began to do on the sides.
Work and mobility
work and mobility Caicedo, Santos Y Ramirez was key to breaking Ecuador’s defense, which had more and more problems getting the ball to Bolanos Y poolwho today could not take advantage of the speed with which they did damage in the previous games.
Despite not having managed to increase the advantage, the Colombians maintained the difference and thus completed nine of nine, for which they only need one point to ensure their classification to the semifinals.
La Tri, for the miracle
On the last day, scheduled for Wednesday, the coffee growers will decide their fate against Chiliwhile Ecuador will look for the miracle before Paraguay. All four teams have options to pass.
