The Argentine women’s soccer team went to the semifinals of the Copa América Colombia 2022 this Thursday night at beat Venezuela 1-0at the Centennial Stadium of Armenia, in the city of the same name, with which he finished second, with 9 points, and now the representative host, winner of zone A, awaits him to face each other next Monday at 9:00 p.m.
In a match in which the Venezuelans exposed strong opposition, the “albicelestes” were imposed by the definition of Florencia Bon Segundo, at 18 minutes of the second half. From that moment on, those led by Germán Portanova knew how to maintain the advantage to achieve the round pass.
The author of the conquest, born in Morteros (Córdoba), 29 years old, is a midfielder for Madrid CFF, of the First Women’s Division of Spain.
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? Yamila Rodríguez’s pass and Florencia Bonsecond’s definition to open the scoring ⚽pic.twitter.com/lidckM6Yzk
– Argentina National Team ?? (@Argentina) July 22, 2022
In the other match in zone B, with which the group phase was closed, the leader Brazil, with an ideal score of 12 units, had no major problem to beat Peru 6-0, last in the group with nothing, in the Pascual Guerrero Stadium, in the city of Cali.
In this way, the Brazilians went undefeated to the semifinals, where they will face Paraguay -second in zone A-, with 17 goals converted and also with the fence without falls. This key will be defined next Tuesday at 9:00 p.m.
As for the performance of the Argentine team to approach the semifinals, it was conceived from the debut with the 4-0 defeat against Brazil, the main candidate for the title, to later show a very good participation.
In the second presentation, the win was for the Argentines 4-0 against Peru. Yamila Rodríguez, Florencia Bon Segundo, Eliana Stábile and Érica Lonigro scored for the national team.
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⚽ @Argentina ?? 1 (Florence Bonsecond) ? #Venezuela ?? 0
? The Argentine cast will play next Monday against #Colombia ??#Let’s go together pic.twitter.com/5aFBhyNTIr
– Argentina National Team ?? (@Argentina) July 22, 2022
In the third game of the group stage, Argentina crushed Uruguay 5-0 with three goals from Yamila Rodríguez, one from Estefanía Banini and one from Eliana Stábile. While in the fourth they beat Venezuela 1-0.
In this way, Argentina added 9 points, with 10 goals for and four against and extended to 4 matches without defeats against the last opponents, with three wins and a draw.
The Copa América Colombia 2022, in which 10 countries participate, provides three places for the New Zealand-Australia 2023 World Cup plus one for Repechage, and two for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Those located in third, fourth and fifth place will access the Pan American Games in Santiago 2023 (Chile is classified as the host).
