The Spanish team, champion of the U-17 World Cup

The Spain under-17 team was imposed by the minimum Colombia Y revalidated the world championship already achieved in 2017 (0-1). The lower categories are starring in a season for history. They are also champions of the U-20 World Cup against Japan, and the U-19 European Championship against Norway.

It was a historic day for Colombia, no team from the coffee team had so far managed to qualify for a World Cup final. It was also a day to vindicate themselves, after the contempt of the president of the federation, who stated that “the prizes were for the professionals, they are just amateur girls.” And they did. The soccer players jumped onto the field with everything. Energetic, with rhythm and speed with the ball. She led the attack by Linda Caicedo, who made use of her speed and quality to demand the best version of her from Sofía Fuente. The Spanish goalkeeper had to pull out a providential hand in the first few minutes to prevent Gabriela’s first goal.

Spain was from less to more. He locked himself behind in the first minutes in a very good start for Colombia, but he was gaining territory and achieving superiorities as the first half went by. Most of the time they came with gunshots. outside the area. The first was that of Cristina, after the assistance of Vicky López, who forced Agudelo to leave her. She tried again the international from the front, which this time cleared behind. The first was able to reach the end of the first half with Marina Artero’s header, after Vicky’s corner, which the goalkeeper caught again.

lucky goal

A disallowed goal Cristina Libran per hand, the best of the duel, changed the rhythm of the match. The referee assessed that the Madrid CFF player had pushed the ball with her wrist after seeing the action in the VAR. Then, the fluidity of the selection gave way to a very disrupted due to the constant lack of the two national teams.

When Spain was playing worse, and Colombia was pressing harder with a tireless Caicedo, the team decided the match in a lucky action. Paula assisted Laia and her shot hit Guzmán, a defender of the coffee team, to record the first and only goal of the match, with which Spain managed to revalidate the title.

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Linda Caicedo scared the Spanish defense several times in the last minutes, but the Colombian’s lack of association at the end of the duel punished them. Gonzalo’s team had its best minutes of the second half at the end of the match. And Laia Martret, with a kick to the post, and Vicky, with a shot that went over Agudelo, were able to sentence the match in added time. The Barça midfielder has been chosen as the MVP of the tournament, followed by Caicedo.

“I remember my wife Sandra, my children, my parents, Jorge Vilda, the federation… It’s something we dreamed of, that we wanted since we were little. We have achieved it, we must recognize what Spanish women’s football is doing. It is crazy, anyone who thinks that what we are doing is easy is wrong. It has never been done & rdquor ;, affirmed the Spanish coach at the end of the match.