Crying Farewell: Isabella Echeverrí’s Retirement and Fight for Women’s Soccer in Colombia

2023-08-09 13:29:11

“I retired banned from the Colombian National Team,” said Isabella Echeverrí on February 20 when she decided to end her career on the pitch.

Isabella Echeverri with the Colombian Women’s National Team. | Photo: 2019 Jam Media

She stood out in Sevilla in Spain as one of the captains and played in Monterrey in Mexico.

In her role in the media, Isabella has not only contributed her knowledge of tactics, technique and women’s football, but also her experience as a player and the best anecdotes she has collected throughout her career with her colleagues from the tricolor or from other equipment.

Isabella Echeverri in her last club in Spain: Seville. | Photo: Urbanandsport/NurPhoto

Telemundo and Isabella published a video in which the suffering of this former player is seen in the game in which Colombia beat Jamaica with a goal from Catalina Usme and settled in the quarterfinals of the World Cup

But the video that moved the country the most has to do with Isabella’s crying that she was never called up to the Colombian National Team after the complaints she made about the irregularities of leaders and technicians, alternate calls, used uniforms, vetoes to her teammates and More anomalies from the Colombian Football Federation.

“THERE ARE NO WORDS… TODAY after many years of struggle, thousands of girls in the country can really dream of being soccer players. I have endless emotions, which until now I have not been able to put into words but the images speak for themselves”, she said in the post.

Isabella is a champion of the fight for the best guarantees for women soccer players in the country.

In the recording, Isabella can’t hold back crying.

The game announcer announces with great enthusiasm.

“Colombia is in the quarterfinals of the World Cup,” to which she replies.

“My voice cuts off, I feel like crying. The truth is that this had never happened before and I am very happy for my real companions.” She immediately puts her hands to her face and sheds tears.

“There is the emotion of Isa and of all Colombia”, closes the rapporteur of the meeting for that means of communication.

Isabella Echeverry | Photo: Week

Her social networks were then filled with comments thanking her for everything she did for women’s football and for the courage to speak up, despite the fact that this included saying goodbye to the national team earlier than she expected.

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