The Colombian Women’s National Team comes from defeating Argentina in the semifinals of the Copa América. This victory directly qualified the Tricolor for the 2023 New Zealand World Cup and the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
EFE
The coffee cast achieved this historic presentation thanks to the work of the coach Nelson Abadía, who was in charge of shaping the team to participate in this tournament and perform this brilliant performance.
For this reason, the strategist was a guest at ESPN Fshowwhere he spoke with the panelists about the historic triumph of the Tricolor, his goals in this Copa América, his work as DT, his way of making changes, and among other topics.
The objectives of the Colombian National Team
«The clear objective is to fight for the title, we knew that reaching the final stage we had both qualifications for the World Cup and for the Olympics; that was clear to the group, but we also have priority to fight for the title.»
The process of the Colombian National Team
«Colombia is a team that has been consolidating itself on the FIFA date, for half a year ago, moreover, most of them come in a five-year process, from the pre-juvenile and youth levels. We are going to have representation in the U-17 World Cup and U-20, both very important achievements for women’s football».
His work in the Colombian National Team
«It leaves me some possibilities within the football that the team is showing. In football I have always had the knowledge of our DNA, I was in those beginnings in the year 85, from there an idea was shared with Professor Maturana, Dr. Ochoa were the ones who started and I have that idea very clearly».
The confidence of the Colombian National Team
«We came here, we were excited long before the tournament began, we had set ourselves clear objectives, the physical, emotional, technical team is fine, it is increasingly solid, it has been growing, and one of the important things that the team has is that manifestation football he does».
The offensive work of Colombia
«One of the virtues of this coaching staff is to take advantage of the ability of our soccer players. That is hard work, those are the rotations that I like on the pitch, because those rotations are the ones that create spaces. That mobility that they have our players in attack gives us the possibility that a Daniela Montoya also reaches the area».
«Our scorer at the moment is Linda Caicedo but also Daniela Montoya, because she comes from behind to gain space. We work a lot on those rotations, apart from that I give each player the freedom to adapt to the game situation.»
Changes in the Colombian National Team
«I clarify, Cata has never told me not to take her out, I make those determinations and in that our soccer players are very respectful, just as the coaching staff always supports me in the decisions I make on the pitch. That of the changes is respectable everyone’s opinion, sometimes you don’t change and without making changes you win… there are also times when changing also wins. Against Argentina it was time to support the team because of what qualifying for those two competitions represented».