Women’s Cup: Colombia beats Jamaica and reaches the quarterfinals for the first time in history

Colombia made history this Tuesday (8), as it defeated Jamaica by 1-0 at the Melbourne Rectangular stadium, in Australia, to reach an unprecedented qualification for the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup. The opponent of the Cafeteras in the next phase will be England, who beat Nigeria on penalties last Monday (7).

The match started with the South Americans sending and creating the best opportunities to score, but the Jamaicans were very good in defense and managed to hold the 0-0 until the break. Colombia only managed to beat the strong opposition 6 minutes into the final stage, when Ana Guzmán turned the ball from left to right with a long shot and found Catalina Usme, who dominated before crossing to overcome Spencer.

🇨🇴 @FCFSeleccionCol move on to the Quarter-Finals for the first time! 👏#BeyondGreatness | #FIFAWWC

— FIFA Women’s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) August 8, 2023

From then on, Jamaica left the defensive posture and started to create good opportunities, but also offered spaces for good attacks by the opponents, such as Leicy Santos’ header in the 41st minute that stopped on the crossbar.

England and Colombia face off in Sydney (Australia), starting at 7:30 am (Brasília time) next Saturday (12), in search of a place in the semifinals of the Women’s World Cup.

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