With two goals from Linda Caicedo, at 9 and 23 minutes, the The Colombian national team defeated this Saturday 2-0 its counterpart from China in her second presentation at the U-17 Women’s World Cup held in India.
The Valle del Cauca player, captain of the national team, this time he was able to show his full potential, following recovering from a sore ankle that affected the debut once morest the defending champion, Spain, who defeated the national team 1-0.
“We are happy, it was a match that we had to win once morest a difficult rival,” Linda said at the end of the Gol Caracol broadcast, while adding that the recognition he has earned is the result of his effort and work done with humility.
Caicedo, best player in the Copa América for seniors and converted into one of the revelations of South American football, he regained prominence with his technique and excellent definition.
The next presentation of the national team will be on Tuesday, October 18 once morest Mexico, meeting in which he will seek to ensure qualification for the next round of the tournament.
In the four previous appearances in the U-17 World Cups, the tricolor team did not get past the first round.
Colombia, which is leader of the groupis directed by Carlos Paniagua, from Antioquia, who also qualified the country for the World Cup in the sub-20 category.
After the match, Paniagua was happy for the victory and highlighted the team’s order on the field. “We played a good game once morest Spain that was decided in the final minutes, but this time we were able to get the three points”.
The negative fact was injury in the last minutes of Stefanía Perlazawho left the field in the last minutes and was relieved by Daniela Garavito.
