The Colombian women’s team will begin, at the beginning of September, its preparation for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand 2023. The team led by Nelson Abadía will play two games against Costa Rica.
The matches will be on September 3, at 4 pm, at the Deportivo Cali stadium, and three days later they will play again, at 7:30 pm, at the Pascual Guerrero stadium.
The great absences of the call for the women’s team
Abadía called up 23 players for this double confrontation, with several important absences: seven of the players who played in the Copa América and reached the final are not on the list, led by lecy santos, permanent owner of the team.
Nor were Sandra Sepúlveda, Ángela Barón, Gisela Robledo, Liana Salazar, Angie Castañeda, Gabriela Rodríguez and Tatiana Ariza called.
As is customary with Abadía, once again experienced players who play abroad were left out of the list, such as Natalia Gaitan, Isabella Echeverri Y Yorely Rincon.
Defender Fabiana Yantén, from América, and midfielder Paula Medina, from Deportivo Cali, were called up and will seek to play their first game with the National Team. In addition, Lady Andrade, Katherine Tapia, Jessica Caro and Manuela Pavi, the latter, after overcoming a knee injury.
The 23 summoned to the Colombian Women’s National Team
Archers: Catalina Pérez (Betis, Spain), Natalia Giraldo (America), Katherine Tapia (Santiago Morning, Chile).
Defenses: Carolina Arias (Deportivo Cali), Daniela Arias (Pachuca, Mexico), Daniela Caracas (Espanyol, Spain), Jorelyn Carabalí (Cali), Manuela Vanegas (Real Sociedad, Spain), Mónica Ramos (Gremio, Brazil), Fabiana Yantén (America ).
Midfielders: Daniela Montoya (Junior), Diana Carolina Ospina (America), Lady Andrade (Deportivo Cali), Liced Serna (Valencia Féminas, Spain), Lorena Bedoya (Apollon Limasol, Cyprus), Jessica Caro (America), Paula Medina (Deportivo Cali) .
Front: Elexa Bahr (Deportivo Cali), Ivonne Chacón (Valencia Féminas, Spain), Linda Caicedo (Deportivo Cali), Manuela Paví (Deportivo Cali), Catalina Usme (America), Mayra Tatiana Ramírez (Levante, Spain).
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