Colombia’s teenage striker Linda Caicedo is wholesome two days after she collapsed in coaching, coach Nelson Abadia mentioned on Saturday, including that the scary incident was partly as a result of strain of taking part in in her first Women’s World Cup.
Caicedo, who is anticipated to play Sunday when Las Cafeteras face Germany at Sydney Football Stadium, slowed to a cease throughout coaching on Thursday, then put a hand to her chest and laid down on the pitch as teammates and medical employees rushed to her support.
“It’s just an incident, she was tired,” Abadia mentioned. “She was a bit stressed as well because she was playing in her first World Cup . . . (which) has great relevance. And she’s 18 years of age. She’s a girl as far as football goes. But she has a great capacity and great character to assimilate all of this.
“That is why she’s one of the players in the world today who is a rising star. And it was just an episode, it’s finished, it’s over. We’re quite happy about this. No problem.”
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Caicedo grew to become the youngest participant to attain on this World Cup in Columbia’s 2-0 win over South Korea, darting in from the midfield and curling in a shot from the sting of the field.
Assistant coach and Abadia’s son Mario described the younger participant as “de otra planeta” — “from another planet.” Caicedo has performed in three World Cups this yr, with the U17, U20 and senior sides. She made her senior crew debut at age 14 and was recognized with ovarian most cancers at 15.
Nelson Abadia is not going to be on the sidelines with Colombia on Sunday as he serves the second of a two-game FIFA suspension for a pink card he acquired on the 2022 Copa America event.
“I was just joking and saying that I believe so much in them, and I’m so convinced in what they are is a team that I told Lady (Andrade, Colombia’s veteran midfielder) that I can go home now, I can watch the game on TV, and I’m quite sure, I’m quite happy and convinced because I know what their capacity is,” Abadia mentioned.
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“It’s different…one visualises much better when you’re on the field. However, the emotion that I have, it’s exactly the same whether I’m on the field or upstairs, it’s the same.”
Colombia and Germany are even atop Group H on three factors apiece. The Colombians tackle Morocco, 6-0 losers to Germany, of their ultimate group recreation on Aug. 3 in Perth.
