A bit from the midfielder Florence Bonsecond qualified for the semifinals of the Women’s America Cup a Argentinawho defeated 1-0 Venezuela on the last day of Group B and extinguished the illusion of the Red wine, who finished third in the area.
With this result, the Albiceleste will dispute passage to the final against the host Colombia having finished second in the group, behind Brazilwhile Venezuela will fight against Chile on Sunday for fifth place in the tournament, which will play the World Cup playoff Australia-New Zealand 2023.
The first few minutes of the game were very close, but both teams showed their willingness to attack and look for the result that would put them in the semifinals.
The first clear was those led by German Portanova at minute 7 in a lethal counterattack in which Mariana Larroquette enabled with a heel to Good secondwhich was hand in hand with the goalkeeper Nayluisa Caceres but he took a deflected shot.
La Vinotinto, however, began to have greater clarity than its rival under the leadership of Deyna Castellanos and of Raiderlin Carrascoa constant headache for Argentina on the left side.
However, the Italian team Pamela Conti had many difficulties to make the domain effective, although he had his clearest opportunity in a move in which Castilians headed and caught Vanina Correa.
after the break, Venezuela He went out to attack with more precision and had two consecutive arrivals with shots from Oriana Altuve Y Castilians that went astray.
The Argentine response came soon and Larroquette tried, with a header, to the goalkeeper Cacereswho had to stretch so that the ball did not sink into the bottom of his goal.
In this context, the only goal of the game came at minute 63 in a lethal counterattack in which Yamila Rodriguezwho hadn’t appeared much, had plenty of room to run and think, after which he enabled Good secondwho finished off in the area to overcome the resistance of Caceres.
After the annotation of the AlbicelesteLa Vinotinto played its last cards led by Castellanos but failed to equalize the game, due to the lack of aim and the saves by Correa.
In this way, the team with you lost the opportunity to qualify for the semifinals of the continental tournament, but left a good image for the future.
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