Usme, from the penalty spot, and Caicedo score in Colombia’s victory over South Korea
Colombia beat South Korea 2-0 in Complementary Group H of the Women’s World Cup. Catalina Usme and young Linda Caicedo scored the winning goals for Colombia.
With the victory, Colombia took second place with the same three points as Germany, but lost in the balance (6×2). Korea is in third position with no points. In the second leg, the Colombians will face Germany and the Koreans will face Morocco, both next Sunday (30>
The match took a while to build up, but the teams went on the attack, but lacked offensive offers. The way was to reach the ball at the stop sign. After hitting the area, Korean defender Shim touches the ball with his hand. Penalty for Colombia converted by Usme. The goal put the Colombians on the rise and a few minutes later Linda Caicedo fired from distance and goalkeeper Yoon Young-Geul agreed.
South Korea, on the other hand, spun, tried to have the ball in attack, only managing to arrive in stoppage time. Yu-Ri had a nice move from the left of the attack and cut across the backline for Min, who sent and Pérez saved for a corner.
In the second phase the pace dropped. Although Colombia had the ball, little danger was seen against Yoon Young-Geul’s goal. In the end, the Koreans tried to launch the attack, abusing aerial balls, but their short stature didn’t help in the games. With this panorama, the score remained unchanged.
Source: Terra
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