Mexico beat Venezuela 3-1 to advance to ACC Women's Final

Barranquilla .- Mexico won this Friday by 3-1 in Venezuela in the semi-finals of the women's football tournament of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games of Barranquilla and will seek the following. next Monday in the decisive match, in which he will face Costa Rica or Trinidad and Tobago, who will play later.

In the modern stadium Julio Torres, the Tri secured the standings with goals from Mónica Ocampo, Guadalupe Sánchez and Yamile Franco, while Paola Villamizar tentatively tied the game for criollas in the second half, reported Efe.

The Americans took possession of the ball in the first minute but struggled to break the defense of the vinotinto, which looked neat.

However, it was the individual attempts of striker Verónica Corral that allowed Mexico to find the first holes in Venezuelan defense.

The Mexicans maintained their dominance and opened the scoring in the 25th minute after midfielder Sanchez sent a center that linked Ocampo to his right hand to defeat goalkeeper Lisbeth Castro's resistance.

After the goal, Venezuela was shaken and began to approach the Mexican goal with the complicity of the defenders, who, with their shots missed, left Oriana Altuve and Ysaura Viso, who missed the opportunities more clear of your team in the initial phase.

Over the minutes, the pace fell and Venezuela shone by scoring the small Deyna Castellanos, who every time he received the ball was a strong mark of the defenders of the Tri, who accomplished the task to cancel the big figure of vinotinto.

For the second part, the national team spared no effort in goal scoring and had the first opportunity within two minutes when Viso went hand in hand with goalkeeper Aurora Santiago , who saved a shot feet from Castellanos, who sent the ball to the right post.

The draw took place five minutes after this meeting. Villamizar dared to send a very strong shot of more than 30 meters that hung in Santiago and put to celebrate the Venezuelans who came to the stands of the Modern.

The intensity of the game has fallen and no team has managed to impose conditions even under the guidance of their individualities.

Despite this, Sanchez gave the Mexicans the advantage with a powerful shot from the left that it was impossible to match for Castro in the 70th minute.

The Venezuelans were disorganized, even Castellanos appeared behind the line centrally several times in search of the ball, and Mexico closed the match after goalkeeper Castro made a mistake at the exit and let the goal serve Franco at 81.

In the end, the Americans played the game and played in the finals of Central American and Caribbean football against the winner of the semifinal between Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago.