Colombia seeks the perfect campaign in the Women's U-20

The Colombia selection is already classified for the U-20 Women's World Cup, in which they will play at home. But that does not mean it neglects the South American, which provides, for the other nine participating teams, four places for that tournament, which will be played from August 31 to September 22.

There is tranquility

The team he leads Carlos Paniagua He has had an extraordinary start, with two victories in as many appearances. And this Thursday he will go for the third, which will ensure his presence in the final hexagonal. will play against Bolivia, andn the Alberto Spencer Model Stadium, Guayaquil, starting at 4 p.m. The game will be seen on the HD2 signals of Caracol and RCN.

Paniagua knows that, with a place in the World Cup secured, the tournament serves to consolidate the team that will defend the home team, and to do so they will have to play as many games as possible.

“We have dreams and goals. The first is to qualify for the final hexagonal and yesterday we took a very important step. We want to play all nine games. This team, despite its young age, has a lot of maturity, with a world final, many of them,” Paniagua declared to Blu Radio's Sports Blog.

Paniagua took as a basis for this U-20 the roster that reached the final of the U-17 World Cup in 2022. There are ten players on that squad: Luisa Agudelo, Mary Álvarez, Cristina Motta, Natalia Hernández, Yesica Muñoz, Gabriela Rodríguez (figure in the first match, but who missed the duel against Venezuela due to expulsion), María Fernanda Viáfara, Karla Torres, Juana Ortegón and Karla Viancha.

Two of the great figures of that World Cup, Ana María Guzmán and Linda Caicedo, they already play in Europe and that is why they are not in this tournament. Furthermore, the first recovers from an injury in her club, the Bayern Munich.

The goal will be, therefore, to win today before facing, on Saturday, Brazil, the traditional 'coconut' of the Colombian women's teams in all categories. The Brazilians also have a perfect score so far in the South American, with victories against Chile (5-1) and Bolivia (2-0).

Group A of the tournament had activity yesterday. Paraguay, with 9 points and already classified, was resting. First thing in the morning, Peru beat Uruguay 2-1 and reached 7 points. Argentina equalized Ecuador with a goal.