Soccer-Teenager Guzman to join Colombia's youth push at World Cup

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 - Group H - Germany v Morocco - Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia - July 24, 2023 Morocco's Sakina Ouzraoui in action with Germany's Sara Doorsoun REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/File Photo

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A Colombian team inspired by the flair of 18-year-old Linda Caicedo at the Women's World Cup will welcome another wunderkind to the grand stage when Ana Maria Guzman takes the field in the round-of-16 clash against Jamaica on Tuesday.

Guzman, a few months Caicedo's junior, will slot into Colombia's defence in place of fullback Manuela Vanegas, who is suspended after picking up a second yellow card in the 1-0 defeat to Morocco, their last group match.