Colombia beats Zambia and continues its preparation for the World Cup

The Colombian Women’s National Team continues its preparation for the World Cup in Australia – New Zealand 2023 in which they will face Germany, Morocco and South Korea. The national team beat the Zambian National Team 1-0 in a friendly match at the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium in Cali. An even match, which allowed the Tricolor to face a rival outside of South America.

Those led by Nelson Abadía came out to impose conditions and quickly opened the scoring. At minute 6, Lorena Bedoya received a ball in midfield and took a powerful shot that crashed into the post. The rebound went to Mayra Ramírez who defined first and scored the first goal at the Pascual Guerrero stadiumafter beating goalkeeper Hazel Nali.

Minutes later, the Africans woke up and had a great dangerous play in which goalkeeper Catalina Pérez had to intervene three times. In the last save, the goalkeeper stopped the ball with her face, but the impact was so hard that she could not continue in the commitment. Katherine Tapia entered her replacement. The match remained even and neither team generated clear scoring options.

Few emotions in the second half

Colombia tried to extend the lead in the second half, but failed to create clear scoring options due to the great defensive work done by the Africans. However, the local team also responded back every time it was required. The game was really even, so neither team had any differences.

One of the clearest options for the Colombian National Team came at minute 75. Catalina Usme received a ball in three quarters of the field and took a powerful shot, which required the Zambian goalkeeper, who with a changed hand sent the ball to the corner kick. Nelson Abadía took advantage of all the changes to make variants and try new options in his game idea.

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The Colombian National Team and the Zambian National Team will meet again this Tuesday, November 15. The match will again be played at the Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali, but around 7:30 pm This will be the last preparation game of 2022, the year in which they played 17 official matches.