Colombia beat Jamaica 1-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup, today (8), at Rectangular Stadium, in Melbourne. It was the first goal of the South American team in the knockout stage in history. Now the Colombians are preparing to face England in the quarterfinals.
Catalina Usme was the one who secured the classification at the beginning of the second half.
Colombia reaches the quarterfinals for the first time in history. In the round of 16, he had already played in 2015. In 2011, he did not pass the group stage.
With a majority in the stadium, the Colombian fans made noise since the national anthem. There was no lack of support throughout the match, with chants, boos and encouragement. Jamaicans were also present and encouraged.
In the final minutes, the expectation and excitement increased and the Colombians could no longer watch the game sitting down, as well as the athletes on the bench.
Linda Caicedo had her name sung several times, but was stuck with the Jamaican tag.
Jamaica, who eliminated Brazil with the best campaign in the group stage, was unable to show offensive strength and play. Therefore, it leaves the Cup with just one goal scored against Panama.
How was the game
The first half started well studied between the two teams. Colombia had more possession, but found it difficult to finish with more danger. Jamaica even had a few attempts to arrive, but it didn’t manage to scare much.
The game was truncated and few chances in the first 45 minutes. In the final straight, possession of the ball evened out, but the level of emotion really wasn’t very high.
Everything changed quickly in the second half, with a goal from Colombia in the sixth minute. This forced Jamaica to go out more to seek the goal, but the Colombians continued to press to expand.
At 20 minutes of the second half, the Colombian crowd was already singing the traditional “olé”. They also chanted the “si, se puede” throughout the game.
Both teams were very dangerous in the final minutes and lifted the stadium with good opportunities. Even ahead on the scoreboard, Colombia was not shy, but Jamaica also arrived as they could.
Important spears
Weak. Ospina received on the right and hit locked. The ball came weak for Spencer to defend.
Good! Usme made a tight cross, but Spencer was on the move and made a good save, palming the ball in the 29th minute.
1 x 0. At six minutes, finally, Colombia rocked the net. Usme received a beautiful launch from Ana Guzman on the back of the marking, dominated and took it away from the goalkeeper.
Almost! At 9, Jamaica had the chance to tie, but the ball hit the post and Colombia’s defense moved away on top of the line.
Uh! At 19, Caicedo made a beautiful move, kicked hard, but sent it over the goal.
Close! In the final minutes, Spencer headed free in the area, but the ball went close.
On the grass! Colombia had the golden chance to expand with Leicy Santos, but the ball hit the crossbar.
DATASHEET
Colombia 1-0 Jamaica
Competition: Women’s World Cup Round of 16
Date and time: August 8, 2023, at 5:00 am (Brasília time)
Local: Rectangular Stadium in Melbourne, Australia
Arbitration: Kate Jacewicz
Assistants: Kyoung-Min Kim and Joanna Kate Charaktis
Gol: Catalina Usme, 6 minutes into the 2nd half
Yellow cards: Daniela Arias, Chantelle Swaby e Drew Spence
Public: 27.706
COLOMBIA: Catherine Perez; Jorelyn Carabali, Daniela Arias, Carolina Arias and Ana Guzman; Diana Ospina, Lorena Bedoya and Leicy Santos (Daniela Montoya); Mayra Ramirez, Catalina Usme (Marcela Restrepo) and Linda Caicedo. Technician: Nelson Abadia.
JAMAICA: Rebecca Spencer; Allysson Swaby, Chantelle Swaby, Tiernny Wiltshire (Cheyna Matthews) e Deneisha Blackwood; Vyan Sampson (Peyton McNamara), Drew Spence, Jody Brown (Kameron Simmonds)), Kalyssa Van Zanten (Atlanta Primus) e Trudi Carter (Tiffany Cameron); Khadija Shaw. Technician: Lorne Donaldson.
2023-08-08 13:56:33
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