Katherine Valbuena scored the goal of the Victoria de Santa Fe on Cali, in the first leg of the Betplay League final, in El Campín.
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With a goal from Katherine Valbuena, at 48 minutes of play, Independiente Santa Fe beat Deportivo Cali 1-0 in the first leg of the Grand Final of the Women's Betplay League.
The Cardinal Table will travel with that advantage to Palmaseca, where the champion will be defined next Sunday, from 5:00 pm.
At home, the sugar companies will look for the comeback to lift their third star, as they celebrated in 2021 and 2014, in both opportunities precisely against Santa Fe. Cardinals aspire to crowned champions for the fourth time, after the titles of 2017, 2020 and 2023.
“We wanted to change the story”: Katherine Valbuena
The match, before about 20 thousand spectators, was very even in the first part. It was played with great intensity in the middle of the court, but few real danger options were created.
The Cardenal, Jesica Velásquez, participated little, while Luisa Fernanda Agudelo barely appeared on one occasion, when she took a shot from Mariana Zamorano.
In the complement, however, the panorama changed because very early Santa Fe went to advantage. Katherine Valbuena stole a ball in the middle of the court and after a good combination between María Camila Reyes and Mariana Zamorano, he received the ball again and with a cross shot decreed the 1-0.
Cali tried to react, took the initiative, but exposed the backlash. He put in the end with an Ingrid war header that took the defense of Cristina Motta in the goal line.
“We are happy, confident that we have a great team to go to Cali and fight. We wanted to change the story, because we could not beat Cali. Now we have to go to finish the job,” said Katherine Valbuena, the figure of the game.
For the duel back, two Santa Confereñas figures that were injured, Heidy Mosquera and María Camila Reyes, who will be evaluated in the next few days to know if they can be taken into account by the Ómar Ramírez coach.
Whatever the outcome of the series next week, Santa Fe and Cali for being finalists secured quota in the Copa Libertadores 2025, which will be played since October 2 in Argentina.
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