癌 生存者 Caicedo 得点する／非難する／２０s in Colombia's 2-0 勝利，勝つ over South Korea at the Women's World Cup
SYDNEY (AP) - A 癌 生存者, a Real Madrid 星／主役にする and now a scorer on her debut at the Women´s World Cup. Linda Caicedo is an inspirational 人物／姿／数字 already at the age of 18.
Her 幅の広い smile at the end of Colombia's 2-0 勝利，勝つ over South Korea on Tuesday lit up Sydney Football Stadium almost as much as her 技術s on the field.
Having 恐れるd this moment would never come when 診断するd with ovarian 癌 老年の 15, she made the most of 存在 on the biggest 行う／開催する／段階 in women's サッカー.
"It is my first World Cup with the 上級の team and therefore I have to enjoy this tournament," Caicedo said. "No 圧力. I know how young I am, everything that I (still) have to learn, the experience that I have to get."
Caicedo 会談 and plays with a 成熟 beyond her teenage years.
As a child prodigy, she made her 上級の team debut 老年の just 14. Then （機の）カム the 癌 diagnosis which threw such a 約束ing career into 疑問.
Colombia's Linda Caicedo, left, and South Korea's JI So-yun compete for the ball during the Women's World Cup Group H サッカー match between Colombia and South Korea at the Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Now, here she was, lighting up the World Cup with a 業績／成果 that 正当化するd her status as one of the rising 星／主役にするs of the sport.
"I just try to enjoy this moment," she said, 用心深い not to over-think things or lose sight of the bigger picture. "A football player has to be 焦点（を合わせる）d."
South Korea could not 含む／封じ込める Caicedo, whose 速度(を上げる） and footwork 絶えず 軍隊d her 対抗者s to 退却／保養地.
That was the 事例／患者 as she burst 今後 from the halfway line in the first half before 二塁打ing Colombia's lead and 効果的に putting the result beyond 疑問.
Cutting in from the 左翼, she （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 a number of Korean players before curling in a 発射 from the 辛勝する／優位 of the box. While her 成果／努力 appeared too central to trouble South Korea's Yoon Young-geul, the goalkeeper got her positioning wrong and instead fumbled the ball into the 逮捕する.
Caicedo certainly didn't mind getting the helping 手渡す as she raced toward Colombia´s fans in 祝賀.
South Korea coach Colin Bell was いっそう少なく i mpressed with his team's 防御の 場内取引員／株価.
"明白に Linda is a really big talent, but we just gave her too much space, " he said, 追加するing that his defenders should have gone in for 会社／堅い but fair slide 取り組むs. "We had the 選択s to do that also before the second goal. You cannot just 影をつくる／尾行する a player. You need that physicality but 明白に Linda is 有能な and very strong in one-v-one."
Bell's 失望／欲求不満 was evident at the end of the game, but stopping a player of Caicedo's 質s is easier said than done.
"This was a football 展示 and also a 信用／信任 展示. she brings joy to everyone," Colombia's assistant coach Mario Abadia said. "It's 広大な／多数の／重要な to see such players, how they 発展させる and how they take 所有権 of such a game like she did."
In a moment for the history 調書をとる／予約するs for talented teens, 16-year-old Casey Phair became the youngest-ever player at a 上級の サッカー World Cup when she went on as a second-half 代用品，人 for South Korea.
By then, it was too late.
The Colombians took the lead from a 刑罰，罰則 in the 30th minute after Shim Seo-yeon 扱うd a goal-bound 成果／努力 from Manuela Vanegas in the area. Catalina Usme 変えるd from the 位置／汚点／見つけ出す.
Caicedo´s goal gave the Colombians a bigger 衝撃を和らげるもの.
物陰／風下 Geum-min was の近くに to pulling a goal 支援する at the end of the half with a powerful header, but was 否定するd by the 飛行機で行くing save of Catalina Perez.
These were the last two teams to begin their （選挙などの）運動をするs in the tournament co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, and it was the 300th game in Women´s World Cup history.
The 勝利，勝つ could be 決定的な to Colombia´s chances of 前進するing to the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 16 after Germany 配達するd a 声明 of 意図 in Group H with a 6-0 大勝する of Moro cco on Monday.
WHAT´S NEXT
Colombia and Germany 会合，会う in Sydney on Sunday, while South Korea and Morocco 直面する each other in Adelaide on the same day.
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Colombia's Linda Caicedo, left, celebrates after 得点する／非難する／２０ing her 味方する's 2nd goal during the Women's World Cup Group H サッカー match between Colombia and South Korea at the Sydney Football Stad ium in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
South Korea's Casey Phair, left, and Colombia's Carolina Arias compete for the ball during the Women's World Cup Group H サッカー match between Colombia and South Korea at the Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Colombia's Linda Caicedo celebrates after 得点する／非難する／２０ing her 味方する's 2nd goal during the Women's World Cup Group H サッカー match between Colombia and South Korea at the Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Colombia's Catalina Usme, left, celebrates after 得点する／非難する／２０ing the 開始 goal on a 刑罰，罰則 kick during the Women's World Cup Group H サッカー match between Colombia and South Korea at the Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
From left, South Korea's 物陰／風下 Geum-min, Colombia's Manuela Vanegas, and South Korea's Son Hwa-yeon 争う for the ball during the Women's World Cup Group H サッカー match between Colombia and South Korea at the Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Colombia's goalkeeper Catalina Perez saves a ball during the Women's World Cup Group H サッカー match between Colombia and South Korea at the Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
South Korea's Casey Phair stands on the pitch during the Women's World Cup Group H サッカー match between Colombia and South Korea at the Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
