2023-08-12 14:30:00
The Colombian attacker Catalina Usme assured this Saturday that despite losing 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the World Cup with England The team’s objective – which is to be world champions – does not change and he said that his country will try to achieve it again in four years.
“The objective does not change, the objective is to be world champions. This time it did not happen, but the objective does not change at all. This is a wonderful group that has to return to represent the country in the best way, I am happy with what we could build”the 33-year-old told reporters after the match.
Usme, mColombia’s all-time top scorer with 52 goals, stated that for the most veteran it is difficult to be eliminated from the World Cup in a duel in which they had “opportunity to reverse”.
“I think they scored two goals for us that they hadn’t scored against us in the entire World Cup because we had been very solid, but hey, that’s football”said the artilleryman cali america and added: “We have to get up again, tomorrow smile again and enjoy again”.
The attacker hopes that this will not be her last World Cup, although she is aware that everything will depend on how she arrives at the 2027 event, in which she will be 37 years old.
“I would like to think that I still have another World Cup left but this is football, this is a competitive sport, and the best player should always be there”he stated.
Finally, he assured that Colombia must change its mentality and think big, as did this team that, despite not arriving as a favorite, was close to qualifying for the semifinals.
“We have to change our mentality, we cannot be poor when it comes to dreaming big, we cannot be mediocre when it comes to preparing”he concluded.
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