Rebecca Henriquez
@RebeHenriquez
The first edition of the W Gold Cup is in the final stretch of the group stage, and some teams have given surprises and are proposed as favorites to compete for the title of this important women’s soccer competition in the region. The Salvadoran team on the brink of elimination will close the round this Wednesday against the Paraguayan team.
Group A closed the group stage and the Mexican team historically finished at the top of the table, with seven points, two wins, one draw and undefeated by closing a score of 0-0 against the Argentina team. , then beat the Dominican Republic with a 0-8 goal fest and in the last match against the United States the team beat the Stars and Stripes team 0-2.
The second place in group A is the United States, with 7 points in total, two victories and a defeat suffered by Mexico.
Group B, still with one match to play, is led by Brazil, with two victories so far, against the Puerto Rican team in the debut 1-0 and then against Colombia 0-1, the team still has the match against Panama. The second team in this group is the Colombian team that has had one victory and one loss to date.
Group C, where El Salvador is located, is led by Canada, with six possible points, after two victories against the blue and white in the debut, after that 6-0 and with the 4 to 0 against Paraguay in the second match . The second team in this group is Costa Rica, with one victory and one loss.
The blue and white is one step away from elimination by falling to the basement of group C, with 0 points and 2 losses, still with a match to play against the Paraguay team this Wednesday, at 8:00 pm, a match that According to the coach of the national team Erick Acuña, the team will fight as far as possible to achieve the dream of the quarterfinals.
However, this task has very few possibilities after the development that the Cuscatleco team has had when they fell by a landslide after the half dozen goals that Canada gave them and then with the 2 to 0 against the Costa Rican team.
The group stage of the competition will end this Wednesday, February 28, with the last two matches of group C between Canada vs. Costa Rica and Paraguay vs. El Salvador.
The Costa Rican team would have to beat Canada or depend on what El Salvador does against Paraguay to think about a direct pass to the quarterfinal phase, however, the South American team demonstrated with the 0-1 against the Costa Rican team who can get his pass to the next round as the second in the group.
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