América Femenil finish third at the World Sevens Football 🥉 | OneFootball

The journey of América Femenil in the World Sevens Football has come to an end, a tournament consisting of teams made up of seven players from across the American continent.

On the first matchday, they faced Nacional of Uruguay and won the match with a score of 5-2, with braces from Jana Gutiérrez, Montse Saldivar, and another goal from Scarlett Camberos.

The second matchday was against the San Diego Wave from the United States, in a match where the azulcremas were superior,but due to a lack of finishing, the match ended 0-0. In the end, San Diego Wave took the match with a 1-0 win in penalties and thus earned the three points.

And to close out the group stage, they faced Deportivo Cali from Colombia, a match they won 3-0 with goals from Kiana Palacios, Sarah Luebbert, and Montse Saldivar.

The final round.

In the semifinals, they faced Tigres, in a match largely dominated by the azulcrema team, but once again we saw the typical mistakes of this kind of match; they dominate, miss clear chances, and the opponent takes advantage of a counterattack to settle the series. That’s what happened: the match was tied at one, and right in extra time, Tigres had a counterattack to score the ‘golden goal’.

And to close out the tournament, they faced Flamengo from Brazil in the third-place match; it was a very close duel that was ultimately decided by a stunning goal from Jana Gutiérrez.

It was a very interesting and different tournament from what we’re used to seeing. It would be great to see this format in men’s football as well, although the calendar might make it more complicated.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.