Colombia beat Cameroon 1-0 and Brazil 3-0 against France, Tuesday’s results made the South American teams the first to qualify for the round of 16 of U-20 Women’s World Cupwhere Mexico beat Australia 2-0 and Canada They beat Fiji 0-9 to get closer to the next stage of the tournament.
Group A, whose matches were played at the El Campin stadium in Bogotá, is led by the hosts with six points, followed by Mexico with four, Cameroon with one and Australia with no points. B, meanwhile, is led by Brazil with six, while Canada has four and France one. Fiji occupies last place as it has not yet been added.
Attacker Yesica Muñoz plays for Llaneros, she is 19 years old and one of the great promises of Colombian soccer. Today in El Campín he confirmed it, because the face of a coffee team that looked uncomfortable against the Indomitable Lionesses changed in the second half and had a lot of difficulty in creating chances.
The forward, with a height of 1.62 meters, settled in well and took advantage of the beautiful cross sent to him by the creative Gabriela Rodríguez to anticipate the tall Cameroonian defense and, with a precise header, celebrate his first goal of the tournament . Colombia will now play for the lead in Group A against Mexico on Friday in Medellín, while the Africans will play for qualification against Australia in Bogotá.
The Brazilian team confirmed the good moment it was experiencing by beating France 3-0, raising doubts as it had not won and surrendered to a double by Natália Vendito and a goal by Priscila. With this result, those led by Rosana Augusto, now counting on the stellar Duninha on the bench after meeting Sao Paulo in the semifinal of the Brazilian tournament, reached six points, with a goal difference of 12, and became the first classified in the round of 16.
The Canadians also came close in the next stage, not hesitating and crushing the debutant Fiji 0-9, taking them to four points. France is third with a unit, achieved after drawing 3-3 on debut with the North Americans, while the islanders are last.
The Mexican team redeemed itself and with a colorful, associative and dominant football defeated Australia 2-0, a result that was lacking on the field led by Ana Galindo. El Tri got the victory with goals from midfielders Fátima Servín and Alejandra Lomelí, which came after oceanic goalkeeper Chloe Lincoln was a figure in her saves.
On Wednesday the matches of Groups C and D will be held, where Spain, Paraguay, Germany and Nigeria will seek to qualify for the round of 16. On the side of Group C, it is certain that the Roja and the Albirroja, which with three points each, will face each other looking to secure the long-awaited victory that would see them qualify, while the USA will try to hold their head high against Morocco at the Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali.
Meanwhile, Germany will try to show Nigeria that it is the D favorite at the Techo stadium in Bogotá, while Venezuela will look to stay alive when they face a rocky South Korean team.
Source: La Verdad
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