By Edgardo Avelar
With two goals, one from Fatima Servín and the other from Alejandra Lomelí Mexico’s U20 women’s team scored a 24-carat victory over his Australian counterpart to get one step closer to the next phase of the World Cup. the specialty that is developed in Colombia.
The Mexicans, after withstanding the first 20 minutes of siege by the Australian team, began to function better, and despite having to face a penalty that Kahli Johnson ended up missing They were imposing themselves on their rivals to score a great victory.
The Australian’s mistake was the key to Mexico going on the attack against a rival that was knocked out by this mistake in the penalty kick. and who was never able to regain control of the encounter.ro
From then on, the entire first half was a feast of chances for the Mexican team. First, a dangerous shot by Maribel Flores and some other chances by Saldívar herself scared goalkeeper Chloe Lincoln. who sought to encourage her companions to react, but without achieving her goal.
This is how Mexico got ahead on the scoreboard when in the 52nd minute with a shot from Montserrat Saldívar which was surprisingly deflected by Fátima Servín to play a trick on goalkeeper Chloe Lincoln, who had no time to react to a ball that miraculously stuck in the corner, leaving the defense unable to do anything in an almost three-way play.
The goal encouraged the Mexicans to take control of the field, with numerous attacks on the goal of the country of the kangaroos. and even Mexico took the lead in the match and there was no way the Australian team could tie the game, as they could not string together even five passes in a row even at 79.
Australia wanted to respond with its physical strength, trying to scare the Mexicans by throwing their weight at them, but the Mexicans used their cunning and with dribbles and combinations they continued with their dominating the court in a performance with authority
This is how the final minutes came when at minute 87, Mexico sent two new players onto the field and one of them, Alejandra Lomelí, was key in scoring the second goal in injury time and in a play where VAR had to be used, but it was validated by the referee to leave Mexico on the verge of advancing to the next phase.
Now the tricolor painting will seek passage to the next phase against local team Colombia in the toughest duel of the first phase and which could also depend on the result of Cameroon vs. Australia, where Mexico tied 2-2 with the Africans after having had the advantage on the scoreboard.
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