Positive news received this Wednesday Colombia Women's Team. He Ad Hoc Tribunal of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) The Paris Olympics announced that Canada's appeal, due to the six-point deduction imposed by FIFA for an espionage case, had been rejected.
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He Ad hoc tribunal explained on Wednesday that he was not withdrawing the sanction imposed on Canadanext rival of the Colombian women's national team. The Canadians have been accused of spying since the DT Bev Priestman -who withdrew from the Olympics due to a one-year ban on training New Zealand with drones.
The arbitral tribunal decided this seven hours before the Colombia vs Canada, for the third day of the group stage of the Olympic tournament, rejecting the appeal presented by the Olympic Committee and the Federation of the North American country.
Despite the six-point deduction, CanadaThe reigning Olympic champion still has a chance to qualify for the quarter-finals and must beat a Colombian national team that arrives with the wind in its jersey.
Colombia, in search of ranking
Today at 2pm the ball will start rolling at the Allianz Riviera stadium, where the Selection will seek to qualify for the next round of the Olympic tournament, after the sanction confirmed against Canada, Colombia leads Group A with 3 points and a gap of plus one.
Marcela Restrepo celebrates her goal against New Zealand at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
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The casting of Coach Angelo Marsiglia They have the obligation not to lose to continue to aspire to a medal: victory ensures the classification, a tie will leave them at least in second place and with the ticket for the quarter-finals confirmed.
In case of loss, Colombia They are unlikely to do so with a landslide victory as goal difference would define their position and they could fall to last place in the group. If they are beaten by a few goals, they could finish in third place and enter the quarter-finals through the window, as the top two thirds qualify.
For the duel against the Canadians, coach Ángelo Marsiglia will not be able to count on his star striker, Mayra Ramírez, who was sent off in the first match against France for a straight red card and who has received two sanction dates; he has already had one in Colombia's 2-0 victory against New Zealand.
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