Emily Lima highlights the ‘attitude’ of the Ecuadorian women’s team and seeks to ‘strengthen’ the team to measure Paraguay

“The conclusions are not the best possibleafter a 2-1 against it is complicated”, said the technical director of Ecuador, Emily Limabehind the Sunday’s loss to Colombia for the fourth date of group A of the Women’s America Cup.

With the result, those led by Nelson Abadía are one point away from the semifinals, while the Tricolor was on the verge of eliminationwith a last option against Paraguay on Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. in Cali, game for which the tricolor strategist aims to “potentiate” her squad.

“What has been done on the pitch against Colombia is important, a great pride, a key game for all of us because of the atmosphere, before 24,000 people. It was not easy to work with this factor on top, but they did well, because the public was a great encouragement tooLima said.

“We highlight the attitude of the players in the matchthat reflects everything that has been done during this time of work (two and a half years)”, Lima pointed out.

Despite the complicated situation in which the Tricolor is, one last letter is played this July 20 at the Pascual Guerrero stadium, with victory as the only option.

“All efforts should be focused on Paraguaypass this defeat, but get the good out of the game previous to work with that in search of the three points”, indicated the strategist.

with Ecuador, Lima already measured the Albirroja in preparation games in Quitoalthough the results were not favorable, with draw 1-1 and defeat 1-0in April.

“We already know each other and We will start from that for this game, we must enhance what has been done, We are going to analyze and evaluate these matches, we understand that there are things to improve, but the group is committed”, said Lima.

With three points on the table, Tri is fourth in her group, with Colombia as leader (9), one step away from the final phase, followed by Paraguay and Chile that add six units, with the final day on Wednesday, when the second team classified for the final phase will be decided, and a third selection to seek the ticket to the World Cup playoff next year.

The coach trusts close your group with a win, although he also acknowledges that we have to achieve that little bit that we lack to be able to achieve the result against Paraguay, and be close to the goal”, concluded Lima.

The game that will complete the day is the one that will be played simultaneously Colombia and Chile in the Centenario stadium, in the city of Armenia. (D)