Before the stands with the public at the Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali, the Argentina and Colombia teams tied 2-2 in this first friendly of the FIFA date. On Wednesday they will meet again in Bucaramanga.
Argentina took to the field with these eleven players at the start of the match: Correa, Nuñez, Braun, Cometti, Stábile, Benítez, Mayorga, Bon Segundo, Larroquette, Bravo and Jaimes. For its part, Colombia formed with this starting eleven: Sepúlveda, Caracas, Arias, Banegas, C. Arias, Bedoya, Salazar, Montoya, Usme, Robledo and Ramírez.
The locals had possession of the ball throughout the game, found more spaces to attack, generated more game volume and dangerous arrivals for the Argentine team. For their part, those led by Portanova sought to pressure the Colombians out and force them to make a mistake near the area.
In a match that began with heavy friction, at 17 minutes, Lorena Benítez, who had recently returned to the courts due to a long-term injury, had to go out on a stretcher and was replaced by Daiana Falfán.
When it seemed that Colombia was closer to opening the scoring, Argentina has a corner in its favor, and after a cross from Bonsecond, Ruth Bravo – current Pachuca player – defines from the middle of the area and in the air to give him the first goal. to the albiceleste and the party. With this result, the national teams went to the locker room.
And since he stepped on the grass again, Colombia came out to press. Nelson Abadía’s team said “here we are” and one minute into the game, after a poor Argentine defense, Catalina Usme sealed the tie. And the Colombian team kept trying hand in hand with Robledo and Ramírez on the left side. And Argentina, which had lost the middle with the departure of Benítez, did not find much association to clearly reach the rival goal.
The game seemed to end like this, 1-1 thanks to the Argentine goalkeeper, Vanina Correa, who was key to containing many advances by the Colombians. However, at 43 minutes, after a lateral in favor of the local team, and a bad start by the Argentines, Ramírez defined a cross to the far post and the stadium shouted the second goal for Colombia.
Two minutes before Vanina Correa stretched out and was unable to cover Ramírez’s ball that would end up in the net, Chiara Singarella had entered the field of play to replace Ruth Bravo. Less than a minute after Ramírez’s goal, the player from Mendoza who was debuting in the major, received a long pass on the right side of the field, she faced, faked and defined the near post. Later, she yelled at him and ran to hug, first with her teammates on the field of play and then with her bench of substitutes. Thus, the 17-year-old soccer player who plays at Kennesaw State University scored her first goal in her first game with the senior and put the final 2-2.
This is the 11th meeting between the Colombian and Argentine teams. They have five draws, four albiceleste victories and two coffee pots. The next match between both teams will be on Wednesday, February 23 at 9:00 p.m. in Bucaramanga.
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