A crowd received this Tuesday with joy at the Movistar Arena in Bogotá the Colombian team who played the world Australia and New Zealand Women’s Championship, where the South American team had the best participation and reached the quarterfinals, where they lost to England.
Family members and fans, dressed in team jerseys and with the tricolor of the country’s flag, greeted the soccer players led by Nelson Abadía with shouts, applause and great emotion.
The players arrived at the Bogotá coliseum and began to leave one by one to the cheers and congratulations of the people attending the tribute, organized by the Colombian Football Federation (FCF). Some even came out with phones in hand to record what was happening at the venue, where signs read: “We are proud to have you in the heart of Bogotá.”
The name that caused the biggest buzz was that of Catalina Usme, the top scorer in history for the Colombian team. Youth striker Linda Caicedo, who has already joined the ranks of Real Madrid, was not present at the ceremony; defender Daniela Caracas and central defender Jorelyn Carabalí, whose brother was murdered on Monday in the city of Cali. The three received loud applause.
Exactly, when the whole team was on stage, a tribute was paid to Carabalí with a video in which he appears to be training, dancing and sharing with his teammates. “We are with you Jore”, shouted the players and fans in unison in one of the most emotional moments of the ceremony and led by central defender Daniela Arias.
During the ceremony, the best moments of the five matches that Colombia played in the World Cup were broadcast, the first being the 2-0 victory over South Korea that started with a penalty from Usme. “The truth is that it has been a very special World Cup for us and the people have played a very important role for us,” he said.
Images were then shown of the crucial 2-1 victory over Germany, which included a last-minute header from winger Manuela Vanegas. “I am very happy to score a goal in my first World Cup, a goal that gave us the victory in a very difficult match, very important, and a second step to hit the table,” he said.
During the ceremony, where there were also musical performances by the Bogotá tropi-pop group Sin Ánimo de Profit and the singer Pipe Bueno, the players smiled and celebrated, with emotion, what they achieved in the World Cup.
Source: La Verdad

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