Brazil He was crowned for the ninth time champion of the Copa América Female in a dramatic and spectacular ending with that of Colombiawhich was resolved in the penalty shootout (4-5) after a match full of script turns that went to the extension to finish 4-4. The Canarinha thus maintained the hegemony in the tournament having conquered nine of the ten editions that have been played.
Colombia Women’s Copa is elusive, because three years before, in Bucaramanga, it lost another chance to fall by 0-1 against Canarinha. Today, in the White House of Quito, he had the title closer when Chelsea Mayra Ramírez’s front scored 3-2 in the 88th minute. But then ‘La Reina’, 39, Marta, the best of all time and proclaimed six times by FIFA as the best player in the world, to rescue Brazil with a cannon in the last play of the regulatory time (96 ‘).
The two teams starred in one of the best finals of the Copa América that are remembered, with an exciting and thrilling game that lengthened half an hour more until ending with a penalty shootout. The goals of Brazil during the 120 minutes of the game were from Angelina, a penalty in the 9th minute added to 45 minutes, Amanda in the 80s; and Marta in 96 and 105.
Kerolin and Marta celebrate in goal from the ‘queen’
Colombia went ahead in the game with a goal from Linda Caicedo in the 25th minute. A Tarciane autogol put the coffee makers again in 69. Mayra Ramírez pointed out what seemed the final victory in 88. And Leicy Santos put Colombia on penalties with a free kick goal in 115.
Tarciane, Amanda, Mariza, Jhonson and Luany were right in the penalties. The auctions of Angelina and Marta were contained by the goalkeeper Katherine Tapia, proclaimed as the best of the tournament in her position. For Colombia, Catalina Usme, Marcela Restrepo, Linda Caicedo and Wendy Bonilla turned from the 12 steps. But the launch of Marcela Pavi was diverted, and Lorena neutralized the shots of De Leicy Santos and the decisive of Jorelyn Carabalí.
A great offensive fabric of Colombia allowed his figure Caicedo to convert with a rocker to the right side of the porter Lorena, after an assistance of Mayra Ramírez, in the 25th minute. The Brazilian draw fell in the last minute, of the 9 replacement 9 in the first half, with a penalty executed by Angelina, born in the United States.
Real Madrid Linda Caicedo cries disconsolate
In an unexpected action, Tarciane scored a goal in her own arch, the ball returned in the procurement of Lorena, which was distant from the action, in the 69th minute. Amanda, scorer of the tournament with 6, received the ball with her chest and with the left nested him at the bottom of the goal of Tapia in the 80s.
The attackers Caicedo and Ramírez wove a great action against the against, Caicedo stacked rivals and attended precise for Ramírez to defeat the portero Lorena, in the 88th minute. In the last action of the added time, in 96, Marta entered a powerful auction that sent the final to the lengthening.
Technical file
4 – Colombia: Luz Tapia; Daniela Caracas, Jorelyn Carabalí, Daniela Arias, Carolina Arias (m.107, Wendy Bonilla); Lorena Bedoya (m.107, Marcela Restrepo), Ilana Izquierdo (m.86, Manuela Pavi), Leicy Santos; Valerin Loboa (m.72, Catalina Usme), Mayra Ramírez (m.95, Liced Serna) and Linda Caicedo.
4 – Brazil: Lorena; Mariza, Tarciane, Fë Palermo (m.44, Isa Haas); Gabi Portilho (m.76, Luany), Doubt Sampaio (m.81, Vitória Yaya), Angelina, Yasmim; Kerolin (m.108, Jhonson), Dudinha (m.44, Amanda Gutierres) and Gio (m.82, Marta).
Goals: 1-0, Linda Caicedo (m. 25); 1-1, Angelina (m. 45+9); 2-1, Tarciane Autogol (m. 69) m; 2-2, Amanda Gutierres (m. 80); 3-2, Mayra Ramírez (m. 88); 3-3, Marta (m. 96); 3-4, Marta (m. 105); 4-4, Leicy Santos (m. 115)
Referee: Dione Rissios, from Chile, admonished Bedoya, Tarciane, Carolina Arias, Tapia, Carabalí, Mariza and Isa Haas.
Penalty: 0-1, Tarciane (goal). 1-1, Catalina Usme (goal). 1-1, Angelina (Falla). 2-1, Marcela Restrepo (goal). 2-2, Amanda (goal). 2-2, Manuela Pavi (Falla). 2-3, Mariza (goal). 2-3, Leicy Santos (Falla). 2-3, Marta (Falla). 3-3, Linda Caicedo (goal). 3-4, Jhonson (goal). 4-4, Wendy Bonilla (goal). 4-5, Luany (goal). 4-5, Jorelyn Carabalí (Falla).
Incidents: Match of the final edition of the Copa América Women played at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium, in the Ecuadorian capital.
Marta reappeared, with an exceptional technical gesture, ended up touching the ball with her right foot towards the side of the goalkeeper, to give the victory to Brazil in the 105th minute. The Colombians, far from amilastan, struggled by the tie and Santos threw a free kick masterfully and scored in the 115th minute.
