It was not a drill, not a training, nothing like that. The Colombian Women’s National Team debuted in the South American Sub 17 with a 7-0 win against a discreet Peru and spoke loudly from the whistle in this tournament, which gives three places to the World Cup in the category.
In the first quarter of an hour it was Colombia who had the ball and the initiative, although there was a lack of clarity in the last stitch, in which Karla Torres, around 14 minutes, had the clearest option.
But when the goals came, it was with everything: at 18 the Colombians took advantage of a mistake in the rival’s exit and there, in front of the goal, was the scorer Linda Caycedo to punish for the first time.
Two minutes later, the same Valle del Cauca in the photo would appear when she attacked from the right in the recovery and headed towards the goal and put in an unattainable right hand for the partial 2-0. A single player solved, in two minutes, any mess in the debut in the South American Sub 17.
Then Colombia turned their attack, with Gabriela Rodríguez, who almost scored the third goal, sending the ball just to one side of the Peruvian goalkeeper’s right hand. The America midfielder had one more option at minute 26, a mid-distance shot and the ball crashed into the crossbar.
The América de Cali player began to show herself as the most active in attack, finishing Gabriela Pacheco’s goal on multiple occasions, which little by little, became essential to avoid a win. The pace slowed down on the part of the tricolor, which regulated a bit due to the weather. About minute 43, she had a clear one-on-one with Pacheco, eluding her, the ball was long and she was unable to score the triplet.
Linda Caicedo served as assistant, following Caballero’s loss at midcourt. She greatly enabled Yesica Munoz, sending the ball over Pacheco’s goal. The award for Gabriela Rodríguez came at the beginning of the second half, she took the ball in the middle of the field, eluding three Peruvian defenders, to score the fourth goal.
The great effort of the tricolor began to decline, due to the physical wear and high temperature, which was evident, with Peru with its delayed lines, but with the tricolor intention of searching for the goal with patience and possession.
Orianna Quintero entered for the 66th minute, it was in the 75th, taking advantage of an error by captain Jiménez, defining to score the fifth goal, alone. It didn’t take long for Yésica Muñoz to receive a pass from Agudelo, a cross shot in the area to score the sixth goal.
Peru did not respond, limiting itself to touching the ball. Muñoz would put the seventh to 86, putting the triplet, in a great wall with Agudelo. Even an eighth entry could have the scorer in a team that, even winning, ran until minute 90 + 5.
