The Colombian team closes the September FIFA date against Costa Rica with its sights on the World Cup

2022-10-08 11:13:16 By : Ms. Carly Chen

The Colombia Feminina team returns to the Pascual Guerrero stadium in the city of Cali after its excellent participation in the 2022 Copa América, where it achieved a perfect score in the group stage.This time Nelson Abadía returns with his group to face the Costa Rican team, the second game he will play against this team on the FIFA date in September.The game will be played at 7:30 p.m. with public assistance.The first match of this friendly double took place last Saturday, September 3 at the Deportivo Cali stadium.The match was won by the "cafetera" by the minimum difference with a goal from Catalina Usme, the team's historic scorer, at the end of the match and from a penalty kick.For that game there were news in the starting eleven such as the goalkeeper Katherine Tapia, the return of Carolina Arias, Manuela Pavi's first game after the injury, the ownership of Elexa Bahr and the entry of Lady Andrade.In this second match, it is estimated that Nelson Abadía will give minutes to some players who did not add minutes in last Saturday's match, such as Linda Caicedo, Manuela Vanegas and Mayra Ramírez.She is precisely the last one she attended the press conference prior to the duel where she was asked about the next FIFA World Cup that will take place in the countries of Australia and New Zealand:Meanwhile, Nelson Abadía highlighted the support received by the citizens of the fans of the city of Cali for women's soccer.It is worth noting that the capital of Valle del Cauca has been recognized by players and coaching staff as the home of the women's team:“The expectation is great, because it is the beginning of the road to the World Cup, it is another space that the mayor of Cali offers us, headed by our mayor Jorge Iván Ospina, it is the support that we have always had from him, it has been important for that growth we had in the Copa América and the performance we had in the tournament.I am happy and content to be back in Cali, my home, as a Caleño I am proud to be here too”.The tickets will have a value of 12,000 Colombian pesos in the north and south grandstands, $20,000 in the eastern grandstand and 30,000 pesos for those who wish to enter the western area.The national team is preparing to play the FIFA Women's World Cup New Zealand - Australia 2023 and the women's soccer tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.The players summoned for these meetings are:Angie Fabiana Yanten Riascos (America from Cali), Carolina Arias Vidal (Deportivo Cali), Catalina Pérez Jaramillo (Real Betis Balompié from Spain), Daniela Alexandra Rojas (Pachuca from Mexico), Daniela Montoya Queiroz (Atlético Junior), Daniela Caracas González ( RCD Espanyol from Spain), Diana Carolina Ospina García (América de Cali), Elexa Marie Bahr (Deportivo Cali), Ivonne Chacón (Valencia Féminas CF from Spain), Jorelyn Andrea Carabalí Martínez (Deportivo Cali), Lady Patricia Andrade Rodríguez (Deportivo Cali ), Licensed Carolina Serna Florez (Valencia Féminas CF from Spain), Linda Lizeth Alegría Caicedo (Deportivo Cali), Lorena Bedoya Durango (Apollon Limassol from Chypre), Luz Katherine Tapia Ramírez (Santiago Morning from Chile), Manuela Pavi Sepulveda (Deportivo Cali ), Manuela Vanegas Cataño (Royal Society of Spain), Maria Catalina Usme Pineda (America of Cali), Mayra Tatiana Ramírez (Levante UD of Spain), Mónica Ramos Santana (Gremio of Brazil), Natalia Giraldo Álzate (America of Cali) and PAndrea Medina Jiménez classroom (Deportivo Cali).