Colombia is in the final of the U-17 World Cup, national emotion for the women’s team

This Wednesday, the country woke up with the emotion that only the Colombian National Team transmits. On this occasion, the Tricolor went out to look for a ticket to the final of the U-17 Women’s World Cup, which began on October 11 and will end on Sunday the 30th of the same month, in India.

The super powerful girls, as the national team is known in the women’s category, got their ticket to the quarterfinals of the World Cup tournament by being first in their group, beating Spain with the goal difference. Colombia lost its first game against the European team and then came out victorious against Mexico and China.

Already in the quarterfinals, the national team thrashed Tanzania with supremacy, three goals to nil. The first half was enough for the Colombians to solve the meeting and get the place in the semifinals of the women’s team championship.

With all the hope of advancing to the World Cup final, the Colombian National Team went out to the Fatorda stadium in Margao (India) on Tuesday to face Nigeria, a team that eliminated the United States in the quarterfinals in the definition from the point penal.

Unlike the quarterfinals, Colombia had more problems in this new instance, when meeting with a selected one who came out to propose and that during the first half he had more possession of the ball. Despite the fact that the Africans controlled the game in the first minutes, the Tricolor little by little was recovering the spaces.

About 16 minutes into the game, the first offensive action of Colombia arrived, which until now It was closed in midfield to not let the Nigerians pass. About half an hour into the game, at 27 minutes, Yessica Muñoz narrowly opened the scoring with a mid-range shot that went wide.

From then on, it was Colombia that generated the most offensive actions and was close to opening the scoring with offensives carried out by Linda Caicedo.

At 32 minutes, both teams took the regulation break for hydration, as the temperature in Margao, India, was 32 °C.

With 0-0 on the board, the central judge Iuliana Elena Demetrescu whistled the end of the first half and the teams went to the dressing rooms to listen to the instructions of the technicians.

The first half left the U-17 Colombian Women’s National Team with 42% possession and four shots on goal. He only received a shot on goal defended by Luis Agudelo.

Already in the second half of the World Cup commitment, the Nigerian team continued to control the ball, but it was Colombia that began to generate the most scoring actions since the match resumed.

About minute 49, Yessica Muñoz stole a ball in midfield to have the first offensive action of the second halfbut failed to give direction to the ball and it went to the corner kick.

Nigeria’s response was immediate, as it had its first clear scoring action in the match. At 52′, after an error by the coffee defense, the goalkeeper Luisa Agudelo became great in the goal to save the Colombian National Team.

Undoubtedly, the great figure of the match was the Nigerian goalkeeper Faith Omilana, who knew how to respond in each one of the shots of the national team. She repeatedly saved her bow, even when Linda Caicedo and Yessica Muñoz put her in trouble.

In total, Omilana got in the way of the ball on eight occasions, correctly doing her job and intensifying the Tricolor’s offensive nervousness. At 79′, Linda Caicedo re-entered the Nigeria area, but the goalkeeper beat the Colombian star again in heads-up play.

Already thinking about the collections from the penal point, in Nigeria the figure Omilana came out to make way for the goalkeeper Jiwaku, who is known for being a ‘penalty saver’ and was the figure in the quarterfinals against the United States.

With the score in a draw, the first finalist of the U-17 Women’s World Cup had to be defined in the collections from the penalty spot.

From the 12 steps, the Colombian U-17 women’s team managed to qualify for the World Cup final. This is the first time that the national team, in its different categories, gets a place in the match for the world title.

The definition from the penalty spot was 5-6 in favor of the Tricolor, leaving goalkeeper Luisa Agudelo as a figure after saving Nigeria’s seventh penalty.