deportivo Cali asserted its status as top seed and great favorite in group D of the women’s Copa Libertadores and qualified for the quarterfinals with perfect campaign.
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This Tuesday, those led by John Albert Ortiz surpassed Santiago Morning from Chile, at the Arsenio Erico stadium in Asunción: they won 4-0 and reached nine points in the standings.
Cali, which despite having won the first two games, was not guaranteed to qualify, solved the problem very early on: it started winning after two minutes with a great mid-distance goal from Ledys Calvo, one of the players who arrived as reinforcement for the Libertadores, after playing for Millonarios and having been part of the Colombia Women’s Under-20 Team.
A home player, Kelly Ibargüen, was in charge of increasing the score in the 23rd minute, converting a penalty after Argentine referee Roberta Echavarría called a foul inside the Chilean area against Ingrid Guerra.
Another of the signings for the Libertadores, Karen Daniela Castellanos, scored the third, in the 34th minute, by capturing a rebound and finishing from the edge of the area. The ball hit an opponent before going into Martina Funck’s goal.
The account was closed in the 66th minute, when another of the new faces of the sugar companies for the Cup, Yesica Muñoz, achieved the final 4-0.
Cali had just narrowly won its first two games, both by the same score, 2-1, against Guaraní and Alianza Lima, but this Thursday it hit the table and confirmed that it is one of the candidates for the title.
Deportivo Cali’s rival in the quarterfinals of the women’s Copa Libertadores
Now, Deportivo Cali will face Dragonas, the women’s team from Independiente del Valle, in the quarterfinals on Sunday, which finished in second place in group C, behind Santa Fe, which this Thursday tied 1-1 with another of the favorites, Ferroviaria, and eliminated it from the tournament.
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