The Colombian Women’s National Team under 17 is having its best participation in a World Cup in the category. After defeating the Mexican National Team on the last date of group C finishing as leader, will have a transcendental match against Tanzania for the quarterfinals of the tournamentin which he will seek to ensure his presence among the four best teams.
This participation has had good performances by several players such as Linda Caicedo, who has scored three goals in the competition and in the matches against China and Mexico she came out as a figure. Also in the last few days She was nominated for player of the year at the Globe Soccer Awards, which rewards the best in world soccer.
Given this good performance that Colombia has had, the president of the Colombian Football Federation, Ramón Jesurún, responded about the unknown that was opened about whether the players could receive any prize or economic incentive, after his participation in the World Cup, to which the leader responded negatively.
“The prizes are only given to professional soccer players, they are amateur girls (fans). Hopefully we will be champions, it is hard, difficult, but we have all the optimism for this World Cup to be won, “said Jesurún in an interview granted to the newspaper El Universal at an event on Caracol Television.
Colombia seeks the semifinal
Colombia will play this Saturday October 22 against Tanzania starting at 6:00 am (Colombian time) at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao, India. Carlos Paniagua’s team has already made history by qualifying for the next round of the World Cup, this being his best performance in the five editions in which he has been.
“It’s a super important game. If Tanzania is here it is for a reason. We have to go out with the same conviction, go out to win”, said the goalkeeper Luisa Agudelo in press conference prior to the final commitment. If the National Team manages to achieve victory, it will meet another African team, Nigeria, who defeated the United States in a match which ended 1-1 in regulation time, but the Nigerians advanced from the penalty spot.
