Colombia thrashed this Wednesday by 4-0 to Chili in the fifth day of Group A of the Women’s America Cupauthoritatively confirmed his classification to the semifinals and eliminated The Redwho will now play for fifth place to seek a place in the playoffs of the World.
at Centennial Stadium Armenia, the selected coffee grower closed a perfect first phase. He ended up leading his zone with twelve points out of a possible twelve and now he is waiting for his rival, who will come out this Thursday from the duel between Argentina and Venezuela in Group B.
The first stage was a nightmare for the australes.
Not even the goalkeeper Christiane Endler was able to prevent his team from going into the break with four goals against, achieved by Catalina Usme, Daniela Arias, Manuela González and Liana Salazar.
The team of Joseph Letellier, who had to circumvent the sensible absences of Francesca Lara Y Javiera Bull, was surprised just at minute 4 with Usme’s score, in a perfect assist from Linda Caicedo. The next blow was dealt to 11 by Arias after grabbing a rebound in an error shared between Endler and Carla Guerrero.
The Chileans assimilated the 2-0 very quickly, advanced lines and stood up to the host. They were very close to the discount with the ball that crashed into the post Yastin Jiménez when Karen Araya she had already become the partner of all.
However, the coffee pots hurt again at the right time with Vanegas scoring in minute 37, who was slightly ahead, to undermine the confidence of The Red, who missed defensively on a free kick with Salazar free to concede the fourth header.
Chili He looked for answers on the bench with the entry of four players, but the initiative was once again taken by his rival, who added options with Leicy Santos and Salazar.
Then came a controversial action in a corner kick charged by arayain which Salazar He headed the ball to the limit, but the australes claimed an Olympic goal in another moment of reaction, in which they managed to record another clear situation, again with Araya, who was prevented from celebrating by goalkeeper Catalina Pérez.
With the inclusion of Gisela Robledothe tricolor team reconnected with the game and got close to fifth, despite the fact that the game lost some rhythm, they began to fight and the friction increased.
Already the last minutes were about processing and refreshing, in the case of the host, the team thinking about the semifinals.
With the 4-0 win consummated, Colombia got rid of Brazil by finishing as leader of Group A of the qualifying tournament at world and to the Olympic Games. For its part, Chile finished with six points in third place and will now face a match for fifth place, which if it wins, will keep a place in the playoff of the orbital event in Australia and New Zealand.
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