Kelly Ibargüen celebrates her goal with Deportivo Cali in the Libertadores Femenina.
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São Paulo, Deportivo Cali, Colo Colo and Libertad This Thursday they were left with the last places for the quarterfinals of the Women's Copa Libertadoreswhich takes place in Argentina.
For Group D, the sugar mills They established themselves as leaders by defeating University of Chile 2-0with the goals of Melanin Aponza (7’) y Kelly Ibarguen (60'), while Franchesca Caniguan (87') saw the red card in the U, who said goodbye to the championship without success and without goals on their account.
“It is a useful experience, although this is not what we expected. We were risking everything for everything and we were not given“, accepted forward Daniela Zamora, from the Chilean team.
On the Colombian side, Ibargüen expressed that “we all have the hope of winning this. We came out convinced from the first minute and we got the result, and we are already thinking about Sunday's game (quarterfinals).”
In the other duel, Libertad got the ticket with a suffered 0-0 draw against Nationalwho had the great opportunity to win and qualify in the 87th minute, but goalkeeper and captain Villanueva hit the post with a penalty after Natalia Genes, from Libertad (86'), was sent off for elbowing Isabela Martins.
Libertad became the first team to reach the quarterfinals without having won a matchsince they advanced with three draws and just one goal scored.
São Paulo and Colo Colo, Adelante
São Paulodebutant in the tournament, signed a 1-0 against a combative Olympiad, which posed a battle in the first minutes, but after that moment of anxiety, everything was for the Brazilian team.
The VAR intervened to deny the São Paulo tricolor a first celebration, after a shot from Miles that Alonso cleared on the line, without the ball completely entering.
But São Paulo managed to let off some steam in the second half, when Isabel Ortiz, Olimpia's goalkeeper, blocked a penalty from Isa and also a shot, but she couldn't with an unfortunate rebound off Mariana Pion (50', against) for the only goal of the night and giving her the ticket as second runner-up in Group C.
In the other match in the same area, Colo Colo took first place and left San Lorenzo out of the waywhich they beat 1-0. Mary Valencia (44') sent a low cross into the net from the left and sealed the success of the white team.
“The first objective was achieved, now we have to continue fighting in what is to come. You have to work on the small details that make the difference“said the scorer, born in Colombia and nationalized Chilean.
Who will be Cali's rival in the quarterfinals?
In the quarterfinals, Colo Colo will come across Freedomwhile Sports Cali will have as a rival São Paulo.
This is how the 2025 Libertadores Femenina quarterfinals turned out
- Corinthians-Boca (Saturday, 4:00 pm).
- Railway-Ind. del Valle (Saturday, 6:00 pm).
- Colo Colo-Libertad (Sunday, 4:00 pm).
- Deportivo Cali-São Paulo (Sunday, 6:00 pm).
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