Colombia (Washington Insider Magazine) – Farewell to the World Cup feat. The Colombian women’s soccer team was unable to make changes to the score and ended up falling 2-1 against their England counterpart in the quarterfinal match of the 2023 Women’s Soccer World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
This was the second match in history between the English and the Colombians, after having seen each other in the 2015 World Cup in Canada in the group stage, where the English coincidentally also took the 2-1 victory.
The Superpowers managed to strike first at minute 43 with a great goal from Leicy Santos from the edge of the rival area. However, happiness would not last long as the Lionesses managed to tie the match in added time in the first half thanks to a defensive error by Colombia that Lauren Hemp took advantage of in the best way.
Although the game was fairly even, Colombia turned to attack in the last 20 minutes without creating much danger for the English team, who would respond in the 63rd minute with a goal from Alessia Russo thanks to an excellent cross from Stanway.
In this way, the South American team, which played almost at home in Australia and New Zealand, ends a historic World Cup where players like Linda Caicedo shone to take their team to the top, after not even having qualified for the previous edition.
Colombia, who came from beating Jamaica 1-0 in the round of 16, played the quarterfinals of a Women’s World Cup for the first time, while England, who left Nigeria on the road, played this phase for the sixth time, qualifying for their third consecutive semifinal after Canada 2015 and France 2019, where they lost to Japan and the United States, respectively.
This article is originally published on eldiariony.com
