The Colombian team players celebrate their triumph 8-0 against Bolivia.
Photo: EFE – José Jácome
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Colombia signed a tremendous win over Tuesday 8-0 to Bolivia in the Copa América Women, with an overwhelming performance from the beginning.
Daniela Montoya opened the score early and then repeated for the third, while Mayra Ramírez, Linda Caicedo, Jocelyn Carabalí, Wendy Bonilla and Valerin Loboa completed the beating.
The team led by Ángelo Marsiglia dominated from beginning to end, imposed its rhythm and took advantage of each error of the Bolivian rear, ensuring a key goal difference for the last date of the group, in which it will face Brazil for the lead and classification to the semifinals.
What does Colombia need to go around?
After Colombia's historic 8-0 on Bolivia, Group B of the Women's Copa América remained with Brazil as a leader with nine points (already classified) and Colombia in the second position with seven.
Venezuela is third with four units, even with mathematical possibilities, while Paraguay, with three points, and Bolivia, already eliminated with zero, are without chances of moving forward. Colombia and Brazil will face each other on the last day, which will define the last quota to the semifinals.
The goal difference obtained by Colombia against Bolivia (which left the accounts in +11) was decisive. That margin not only balances what is done by Brazil, which also has +11, but gives Colombia a valuable advantage in the case of a defeat against the Brazilian team.
With a draw, Colombians will be in semifinals and even losing, provided that Venezuela does not achieve a scandalous win in their match.
All that means that although Colombia has a big challenge against Brazil, its classification to the semifinals is almost insured, because Venezuela, to overcome it, would have to beat Paraguay for a difference of six goals or more and expect Colombia to lose for a good amount of so many. An unlikely scenario.
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