Colombia 2-0 South Korea: South American 味方する make perfect start to World Cup as Catalina Usme and 18-year-old Real Madrid starlet Linda Caicedo strike

  • Colombia got their World Cup (選挙などの)運動をする off to a winning start in Sydney
  • Catalina Usme and Linda Caicedo 得点する/非難する/20d first half goals to put them in 支配(する)/統制する
  • South Korea were unable to get 支援する into the match after the interval?

Catalina Usme and Linda Caicedo 得点する/非難する/20d to give Colombia a 2-0 victory over South Korea in their 開始 game of the Women's World Cup on Tuesday, 否定するing the Koreans what would have been only their second 勝利,勝つ in four 外見s at the tournament.

Usme 得点する/非難する/20d a 刑罰,罰則 in the 30th minute after a South Korean handball, sending keeper Yoon Younggeul the wrong way before slotting the ball into the far corner.

Caicedo, an 18-year-old 今後 for Real Madrid, 二塁打d Colombia's lead nine minutes later, 開始する,打ち上げるing a high 発射 that Yoon got her 手渡すs on, but without the 力/強力にする to send it over the 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業. The ball squirted into the 逮捕する, to the delight of the yellow-覆う? Colombian fans at Sydney Football Stadium.


'井戸/弁護士席, I am 極端に happy, but this has to do with the 集団の/共同の work of everyone,' Caicedo said on her first World Cup goal.

'The feeling the group had going の上に the pitch we were a bit anxious, we 手配中の,お尋ね者 the World Cup to start, and we 手配中の,お尋ね者 to start off on the 権利 foot, this was something 決定的な.

< div class="image-wrap"> Catalina Usme (left) celebrates scoring the penalty to give Colombia the lead in the match

Catalina Usme (left) celebrates 得点する/非難する/20ing the 刑罰,罰則 to give Colombia the lead in the match

Linda Caicedo (above) makes a love heart shape with her hands after doubling Colombia's lead

Linda Caicedo (above) makes a love heart 形態/調整 with her 手渡すs after 二塁打ing Colombia's lead

'Very happy for the goal and the victory.'

Korea's American-born 十代の少年少女 Casey Phair became the youngest player to take the field in Women's World Cup history, subbing on in the 78th minute, jus t 26 days after her 16th birthday.

Colombia were without their 長,率いる coach Nelson Abadia, who was 一時停止するd by FIFA through his team's first two games, 報道によれば for an infraction at the 2015 World Cup, Colombia's last 外見.

It was the final game of the 開始 一連の会議、交渉/完成する of group matches and the 300th match in Women's World Cup history.

Korea nearly pulled one 支援する just before half-time when 物陰/風下 Guimmen's の近くに-範囲 header off a terrific cross from Choe Yuri 軍隊d keeper Catalina Perez to make a 飛び込み save.

But Colombia, who reached the 一連の会議、交渉/完成する of 16 at the 2015 World Cup, 支配するd 所有/入手, slicing through South Korea's defence with 緩和する. They 脅すd to pad their lead with several in the dying minutes when Mayra Ramirez sent a 広大な/多数の/重要な cross to a wide open Caicedo, who hesitated too long.

Casey Phair (above) made history by becoming the youngest ever women's player at a World Cup, but was unable to inspire South Korea to victory

Casey Phair (above) made history by becoming the youngest ever women's player at a World Cup, but was unable to 奮起させる South Korea to victory

Tuesday's 出席 was 24,323 with fans banging 派手に宣伝するs and tooting horns all game long.

'It's a magnificent stadium, that atmosphere it's の近くに, it's tight to the pitch, it's what every player wants, what every fan wants, and so many people (機の)カム and watched us today,' said Korea's British coach Colin Bell. 'When you lose it's not so nice but I'll treasure this moment for the 残り/休憩(する) of my life, my first World Cup match.

'You're up, you're 負かす/撃墜する, you're up, you're 負かす/撃墜する, that's football. We love it.'

Colombia 直面する two-time 支持する/優勝者s Germany on Sunday. The Germans opened their (選挙などの)運動をする with a 6-0 大勝する of debutants Morocco on Monday. South Korea take on Morocco on Sunday.