América de Cali defeated Junior de Barranquilla 2-0 for the game of second leg of the 2022 Women’s League quarterfinalsin the stadium Paschal Warrior.
The Scarlets kept control of the series against the Atlanticenses for much of the game and in the end they sealed their qualification for the semifinals of the tournament with an overall result of 6 goals to 2.
In the first minutes of the initial stage, América was the one that had the offensive intention quite vertically, through María Zamorano, Diana Ospina, Catalina Usme and Gabriela Rodríguez, while the Barranquilleras, despite being down in the series, were patient to time to defend, to then be able to come out with possession and play on the wings.
Little by little, the game began to match up with Junior having more participation and disturbing the scarlet defense with some approaches. The clearest was at minute 24 with a free kick from the side by Daniela Montoya, a center that ended up being a shot that hit the left post defended by Natalia Giraldo, on the rebound Joselyn González tried again, but Usme rejected the ball to the corner kick.
América again approached the rival area, but the visitors put up more resistance in defense, a clear option was with defender Fabiana Yanten, a header that went slightly wide after a cross from the left side. In the final minutes, those directed by the coach Yinaris García, achieved another very clear approach, González finished off with the long distance and between the goalkeeper and the post, the ball went to the corner kick with which the initial stage would later end.
In the second half, Junior was very proactive in the offensive zone, first at minute 47 with a new free kick by Montoya, who hit the post again due to the reaction of goalkeeper Giraldo and Tatiana Castañeda cleared the ball from the area. Four minutes later, Estefanía Cartagena had a good individual play that ended with a shot that went very close to the horizontal of the rival goalkeeper.
At minute 54, América reacted and approached the rival goal again with a shot from Catalina Usme from long distance, but it lacked direction. The game continued to advance and the red devils at minute 67, organized a good collective play on the left side and in the end the ball went to María Zamorano who scored a good goal for the 1-0 partial and 5-2 in the series. .
Five minutes passed and those led by coach Andrés Usme, recovered a ball in their own field, put together a quick counterattack with Diana Ospina, Catalina Usme and Leury Basanta, who crossed to the heart of the area and Wendy Bonilla, who had a few minutes on the field, he only had to push it for the partial 2-0.
In the end, América closed the match in order and playing with the result in favor, where they achieved the long-awaited classification for the semifinals of the 2022 Women’s League, where they expect a rival between Independiente Medellín and Deportivo Pereira.
Juan Andres Arias Arias
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
And Twitter: @ AriasJuan_15
