:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/ZKTN4GDZ25HXLFSM7JDGNQCZBM.jpg "Colombia beat Canada to be crowned champions of the Women’s Indoor Soccer World Cup")
The selection Colombia the women’s champion was crowned IV Women’s Indoor Football World Championship which ended this Sunday at the Municipal Coliseum of Mosquera (Cundinamarca) under the organization of the World Indoor Football Association (AMF) with the support of the Colombian Indoor Football Federation (Fecolfutsalón).
During the final of the competition, the team led by WillingtonOrlando Ortizknown as “Warriors”, beat Canada 12-0, who they had already beaten 8-0 in the group stage.
Colombian annotations marked them Shandira Wright, Laura Becerra, Johana Jiménez, Laura Tamayo and Paola Estrada.
Colombia started to set the balance in their favor early on. The account was opened by Wright just 8 seconds before the start of the game. Then the tricolor was a steamroller with the annotations of Becerra, Jiménez, Tamayo and Estrada.
Colombia finished undefeated in the tournament, He did not lose or receive goals. In addition, he won his second world title in this discipline, since in 2013 he also won the title disputed in Barrancabermeja.
In the group stage, Colombia beat 8-0 Canadathen 13-0 at Australia then 7-0 to Uruguay. In the quarter-finals, they beat 9-0 Paraguayan and to qualify for the final they beat 6-0 Venezuela in the semi-finals.
However, with the Canadiens’ 12 goals, Colombia finished with 55 goals for and none againstto close a perfect tournament, in which the archer Leidy Patricia Puchigay It was essential for the Colombian defense.
Wright ended up being recognized by the AMF as the tournament’s best player. and she was very satisfied after getting another world title.
“I am very lucky to experience this twice. I thank life and God. Being a champion cannot be described in words,” said the player who scored 16 goals in the 6 games she played.
He also assured that obtaining the championship “is a team effort” and for that he thanked his teammates. “I’m going to enjoy,” concluded after being interviewed by RTVC.
The Minister of Sports, Marie-Isabelle Urrutia, who accompanied the selection, said he was unhappy. “We are happy,” he said.
Colombian coach WillingtonOrlando Ortizthanked the players, the coaching staff, the fans, the family members, the Ministry of Sports and Fecolfutsalón for all the work done and which resulted in obtaining the world title.
“We have this title. We congratulate all of indoor football for this,” he said in principle. Then he noted that the players interpreted the idea of the game well to achieve success.
Then he pointed out that “indoor football has improved a lot and now there are more competitive girls who have improved their level”.
He also hinted that 7 weeks of preparation work were carried out and one more of the championship, in which there was a lot of sacrifice, work and humility, which ended up being an excellent formula to win the title.
Before the final definition between Colombia and Canada there were three other definitions, including those of the third place, obtained by Venezuela. The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth places were also defined, with South American countries as protagonists and a dramatic definition of the collection of the penalty point.
Here are the other results:
For third and fourth place:
Venezuela 3 – 0 Catalonia
For fifth and sixth places:
Paraguay 3 (4) – 3 (5) Ecuador
For seventh and eighth places:
Chile 2 – 1 Uruguay
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