the chosen ones are already the 23 warriors that make up the Colombian National Team that will face the Senior Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, from next July 20. Yesterday, the DT Nelson Abadía revealed the summoned, in a list with little news and with the presence of the referents to seek glory in the greatest event of world football.
Caicedo and Santos, the figures from abroad
Linda Caicedo and Leicy Santos.
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The National Team is led by foreign figures such as Leicy Santos, from Atlético de Madrid, and Linda Caicedo, from Real Madrid, and local leaders such as Catalina Usme, from América, and Daniela Montoya, from Nacional, players with extensive experience.
Although in general this is a team that already has a run, since it has a base that is going to its third world cup, There are 5 that were in the 2011 and 2015 World Cups: Usme, Montoya, Diana Ospina, Lady Andrade and Sandra Sepúlveda.
What’s more, regarding the 2015 World Cup, there are two others, Carolina Arias and Santos. Leicy precisely commented after learning of the call: “It is a personal satisfaction, a pride and responsibility of what a World Cup for the elderly is, it is the demand, they are unique experiences. Being able to become full of another perspective, in the first World Cup I saw it differently from how I will experience it now, with more intensity, ”she said.
(You can read: The Colombian team is sorry: national scorer, ‘more than ready’ to play for Mexico).
The great casualty is forced, due to injury, it is the goalkeeper Katherine Tapiagoalkeeper for Palmeiras of Brazil, who suffered an injury on May 29 and despite her efforts to recover, time did not allow her to reach the Women’s World Cup in full physical condition.
“I had worked so hard to fulfill this dream and today a feeling of great sadness overwhelms me at not being able to fulfill this World Cup dream. Only God knows why and for what of this test, ”he said on his social networks.
Another notable absence is that of Liana Salazar, recent champion of the local league and figure with Santa Fe.
📝 It’s time for you 𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 🇦🇺🇳🇿
They are the 23 players chosen by Nelson Abadía to represent us in the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
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The base of the team
COLOMBIA FEMALE TEAM
Gisela Robledo, Liana Salazar, Angie Castañeda, Gabriela Rodríguez, Tatiana Ariza and goalkeeper Tapia were left out of the 2022 Copa América played in Colombia and which gave the National Team a place by finishing in second place behind Brazil.
The new ones, with respect to said Cup -in which there were 22 players compared to the 23 of the World Cup-, are Ivonne Chacon, Lady Andrade (He was in the two World Cups, 2011, 2015), Marcela Restrepo and María Camila Reyes, current champion with Santa Fe.
The call is revealed in a video in which Abadía pretended to ask artificial intelligence how the National Team will do in the World Cup and the latter responds that it has no information about the future. Then, Abadía commented: “We cannot predict the future, but we are going to write it together… join us in pursuing this dream, we are ready for the World Cup. We are all Colombia!»
The concentration will begin today in the city of Bogotá; then, those called up will travel to Australia on Saturday, July 8 to face Ireland in a preparation match in Brisbane on Friday, July 14 and will make their official debut on July 25 in the World Cup against the South Korean team.
The Colombian players arrive at this World Cup after a streak of good results, with a runner-up finish in the Under-17 World Cup in India after losing 1-0 to Spain; a runner-up in the Copa América against Brazil 1-0, and having reached the quarterfinals in the U-20 World Cup in Costa Rica. Colombia will play in Group H, which includes Germany, South Korea and Morocco.
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