Liana Salazar vs Santa Fe Corinthians, Copa Libertadores – International Football – Sport

Liana Salazar A long road to joys and successes santa fe, especially at the local level, but the composition of the Colombian Women’s League, which barely gives two months of competition, allowed it to open up to other areas.

At 28 years old, Liana has the potential to lift the Libertadores Women’s Cup tonight once again, with the Lionesses finally hoping to fulfill a dream they’ve been pursuing since starting professionally in this branch.

It may interest you: (José Fernando Santa beats cancer to return to football stronger)

The final will take place at 6 pm Colombia time at the Gran Parque Central in Montevideo. You will see the game Directv Sports and Win Sports.

With experience to win

The task will not be easy: they will face Corinthians, from Brazil, the most developed country in women’s football in South America, which has won nine of the 12 editions of the tournament. The Santa Fe competitor has done it twice, 2017 (as the Audax-Corinthians) and 2019.

But the Brazilians are invincible. América de Cali already showed it at the beginning of this year, when the 2020 edition of the Cup was held. On March 17, she tied 1-1 and took it to shots from the penalty spot, where Katherine Tapia, the same janitor who is today in charge of Cardinal Security, was a figure.

“I think it will be a fun match, alert. We are not afraid of any Brazilian team and I think we have shown that Colombian teams can live up to the level of Brazilians,” Liana told El VBar Caracol.

“It was a bit easy for the Corinthians, and there was no rival to complicate it. We will have a good match for him. Since we are standing still, I think tactically we are one of the strongest teams in the tournament,” he added.

And she, more than anyone else, knows what she’s talking about. In 2018, he went on to boost Atletico Huila and with this club achieved a historic title for Colombia by defeating Santos, also Brazilian, in the final. In addition to Liana, three other members of Team Leonas already know what it means to win the Libertadores title: Levis Ramos, Fanny Gato and Nelly Cordoba. And the coach is the same who won that tournament, Alberu Irazo.

From Recocha to Europe

But with her coming and going, Liana is one of Santa Fe’s signs. Among the team in Montevideo, where the cup final will be played today, is the one that played the most matches in the red jersey with white sleeves: 51, scored 12 goals.

The only one she outgrew, Gabriela Huertas (60), did not go to the Libertadores.
Salazar already has extensive experience. Having, inadvertently, started in women’s football (they called her “Ricucha” at the school of the National Pedagogical Institute and it turned out on conditions), she played on three continents and the sport allowed her to pursue another profession: she attended college from Kansas, USA, where he graduated as a professional in International business. Was there from 2011 to 2015.

He hadn’t even started playing the professional league in Colombia yet when Liana made the jump to Europe: she played in Sudet, Finland, in 2016. But then she was called up from Santa Fe, who armed herself to be the first champion and succeeded, in 2017.

The title of Libertadores with Huila opened the doors to another continent: in 2019 she was appointed by the Chinese University of Peking Sports, which upon arrival was in the third division. There he not only noticed the great advantage that Colombia had in the organization, but also found ideal working conditions to devote himself to football.

At that club he reached the second division, before returning to Santa Fe in the 2020 league.

Returning to her native Colombia, Liana was again a champion with Leonas, defeating América de Cali in the final. And this year was on the verge of a third star, but Santa Fe fell to Deportivo Cali. Revenge came two months later, with the Libertadores being 90 minutes away.

This experience also brought her to the national team, where she has a long history: she has participated in two Olympics, the U-17 World Cup and two seniors; Among them is Canada 2015, where Colombia reached the second stage for the first time. And now, DT Nelson Abadía has called his back for next Sunday’s friendly match against Uruguay in Palmaseca.

It might interest you: (Matheus Uribe is here: Watch his goal with Porto)

Jose Orlando Asensio
Deputy Sports Editor
Tweet embed