The Colombia national team is ready to debut against Argentina in the South American women's under-20

The only time Colombia has qualified for the U20 Women's World Cup was in Germany 2010 and now they expect to qualify for Costa Rica 2023 with coach Carlos Paniagua

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The Colombia women's under-20 team will start this Friday, April 8, its qualifying process for the 2022 Costa Rica World Cup, facing Argentina at 4:00 p.m. at the Nicolás Chahuán Municipal Stadium in the city of La Calera in Chile.

After finishing second with an almost perfect score in the South American U-17 Women's Championship held in Uruguay, coach Carlos Paniagua will be in charge of the same tournament organized by Conmebol in the U-20 category.

Colombia will be part of Group A of the competition alongside Argentina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela and will seek to get into the top two places in the table to qualify for the final home run and later become champion or runner-up to reach the U-20 Women's World Cup.

The albiceleste team has already seen action against the host, Chile, in the 0-0 equality on Wednesday, April 6. After this game, coach Paniagua had the opportunity to observe both rivals and Argentina highlighted their order and retreat in defensive matters. These were his words at a press conference prior to the debut of the Tricolor in Chile:

The strategist added that he hopes to make a good presentation against the Argentines and show what his squad is made of on the court through the following call for youth players:

Ana Maria Guzman Zapata - Deportivo Pereira

Angela Daniela Baron - D'Feeters Kicksoccer Club (USA)

Gabriela Rodríguez Salazar - America De Cali

Gabriela Urena Munoz - Llaneros FC

Gisela Robledo Gil - UGD Tenerife (ENG)

Ilana Izquierdo Singer - University Of Southern Mississipi (USA)

Ingrid Yobana Guerra Meneses - Deportivo Cali

Juana Sofia Ortegon Giraldo - Deportivo Cali

Kaili Ximena Siso Naveo - Llaneros FC

Kelly Johana Caicedo Alegria - Deportivo Cali

Linda Lizeth Caicedo Alegria - Sports Cali

Liced Carolina Serna Florez - Independent Medellin

Mariana Munoz Ramirez - Atletico Nacional

Mary Jose Alvarez Espitaleta - Ind. Medellin

Maria Camila Reyes Calderon - Independent Santa Fe

Maria Ximena Llerena Daza - Equity

Natalia Giraldo Alzate - America From Cali

Sintia Vanesa Vanegas Heads - Esc. Carlos Sarmiento Lora

Stefania Perlaza Perlaza - Deportivo Cali

Valentina Gonzalez Soto - Equity

Valery Restrepo Rios - Independent Medellin

Wendy Katerine Bonilla Candelo - America Of Cali

Thus, coffee players will have the challenge of ratifying their candidacy and high level to return to a new World Cup after 12 years without reaching this stage, when they ranked fourth in Germany 2010.

It should be remembered that since this competition was played in 2004, Brazil has come out as the first eight times, except for the 2020 edition, which was not organized due to the health emergency caused by covid-19.

This is how the standings of group A go in the group stage before the debut of the coffee team, which rested on the first day:

1. Venezuela: 3 points (1 match played, goal difference of +2).

2nd Argentina: 1 point (1 match played, goal difference of 0).

3rd Chile: 1 point (1 match played, goal difference of 0).

4th Colombia: 0 points (0 games played, goal difference of 0).

5th Peru: 0 points (1 match played, goal difference of -2).

The rest of the championship for Colombia, without breaks in between, will be played as follows:

April 10, 2022, 18:00 (GMT-4) Colombia vs. Venezuela.

April 12, 2022, 4:00 PM (GMT-4) Colombia vs. Peru.

April 14, 2022, 18:30 (GMT-4) Chile vs. Colombia.

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