By Reinaldo Oliveros
Sep 12, 2024, 09:53 AM EDT
Linda Caicedo led Colombia to defeat South Korea with a great goal and reach the quarterfinals of the U-20 Women’s World Cup. The Colombian team joins Spain, the United States and Brazil with a place in the next phase.
The Colombia and Real Madrid women’s star opened the scoring in the 64th minute thanks to a great pass and He coolly scored to give his country the victory in front of more than 30,000 fans in Cali.
The Cafeteras now await their quarter-final rival, which will be the winner of the match between France and the Netherlands this Thursday.
This Thursday they face each other North Korea vs. Austria, Germany vs. Argentina, France vs. Netherlands and Japan vs. Nigeria.
Linda Caicedo happy for the goal but they are going “step by step”
Colombian Linda Caicedo, who scored a great goal against South Korea on Wednesday to give her team a victory and a place in the quarter-finals of the U-20 Women’s World Cup, said that the victory is important but that they are going “step by step.”
“The goal was a complete joy, I can’t describe it. I really made progress in this kind of World Cup. “It’s quite complex, the group we were drawn into was very tough and now beating South Korea is very important and we want to achieve our goal but step by step,” said the Real Madrid player in the mixed zone at the Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali.
“(I am) very happy for the team, for the goal, for the victory, Tomorrow is a new day, we have to think about what is coming, it is one more step, so the important thing is to keep moving forward,” he added.
And about the problems that South Korea created for Colombians, Caicedo said that “the team was very united defensively and offensively and that’s why he achieved the result.”
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