Colombia learned to suffer: it was patient and beat Peru in the women's U-20

The victory leaves the team led by Carlos Paniagua with three points in the final hexagonal, but behind Brazil and Paraguay, who beat Argentina and Venezuela earlier, respectively, by the same score, 2-0.

Colombia had to suffer throughout the match against two problems: the lack of definition and a team that bet everything on defense, got behind and complicated a team that did not have the same fluidity as in previous matches.

Despite all that, the U-20 women's national team generated five clear goal opportunities, made the Peruvian goalkeeper, Lucía Arcos, stand out, and deserved the victory in a match that started very, very late, 9:45 at night, due to to delays in programming due to an electrical storm that affected the Modelo Alberto Spencer stadium in Guayaquil.

Even the first match on the schedule, the South American classic between Argentina and Brazil, had to be interrupted because the lightning created danger for the players.

The second half was a Colombian monologue: Karla Viancha hit the post shortly after the start, Cristina Motta missed a very clear one in front of the goal, Gabriela Rodríguez also had her chance, but threw it wide, and Stefanía Perlaza again aim at the stick.

The key play of the match came in the 78th minute. While the Colombian players claimed that a ball had entered the goal and goalkeeper Arcos took it out of bounds, the VAR, led by Ecuadorian Jefferson Macías, detected a handball from the forward Sashenka Porras.

After seeing the play on the screen, the referee, Bolivian Alejandra Quisbert, awarded the penalty. Mary José Álvarez, the team captain, stood in front of the ball, charged hard and in the center and, finally, Colombia had the advantage it deserved early on.

“There was patience. What identifies Colombia is resilience and today it was there,” said the scorer of the goal.

Peru had no reaction. In the second half, he didn't have a single shot on goal. The closest she came to scoring was in the first stage, in which goalkeeper Luisa Agudelo prevented an Olympic goal.

The Colombians claimed a second penalty, due to Victoria Ochoa's foul on Yesica Muñoz, who had just entered the field. Again, there was work in the video referee booth, but this time they did not consider that there was an infringement.
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​Colombia will return to the field on Friday in search of a new victory, against Venezuela. It is worth remembering that the team has already qualified for the World Cup as the organizing country, so, apart from getting the roster ready, the goal is the title. The beginning is encouraging.

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