After a spectacular and historic participation of Colombia at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Francethere was speculation that players would change teams. Just then, the departure of Maria Catalina Usme Pineda from Pachuca, MexicoHis future would be linked to this league, speculating that he could appear in Tigers.
However, once the Olympic competition was over, her future took an unexpected turn and Catalina Usme once again made history in women’s football. She signed with the Galatasaray and will play the preliminary phase of the Champions League looking to qualify for the group stage.
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Catalina Usme already enjoyed herself on the pitch with her new teammates in a challenge she took on in Europe for the first time in her sporting career. Galatasaray made its debut in the Champions League by playing in the first round and winning with class. 1-4 to Racing Club of Luxembourg.
The Colombian played the full 90 minutes and at the end of the match managed to score her first goal for the Ottoman club. She received the ball in the area and scored at the far post of the Luxembourg goalkeeper. This victory allowed Galatasaray to advance to the final round of the first phases. In this instance, they will have to face BIIK Kazygurt from Kazakhstan.
Catalina Usme’s record after debuting in GalatsarayE
Without a doubt, one of the reasons why Catalina Usme changed her plans and signed with a European team was to play in the UEFA Champions League. The competition she needed to play was motivation. Her goal meant pure history for a Colombian representative, who had not even Yoreli Rincon with more experience in European leagues had been able to achieve.
Before having played in the Champions League, Catalina Usme became the top scorer of the Libertadores Cupscored in World Cup, Olympic Games and Gold CupScoring in the Champions League was the only thing she needed in her sporting career and on Wednesday, September 4, she managed to extend the history in her career. That is, she has scored in all the most important competitions in the world, being the only Colombian so far.
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Another of the skills that was missing is the novel one CONCACAF Women’s Champions Cup which he could have achieved if he stayed in Mexico. However, at what cost, because now he shines in the Champions League and in Europe, a continent that he also needed and which he achieved at 34 years of age.
