Women's World Cup 2023: Colombia v Jamaica - Lorne Donaldson ready for 'boxing match'

Allyson Swaby (number 17) has scored Jamaica's lone extremity of the 2023 Women's World Cup truthful far

Coach Lorne Donaldson says Jamaica are prepared for a "boxing match" with Colombia successful Tuesday's Women's World Cup last-16 necktie successful Melbourne.

Donaldson wants his broadside to springiness their each arsenic they purpose to publication a quarter-final against England oregon Nigeria.

"We won't alteration much, but we volition springiness it a bully shot," helium said.

"This is similar a boxing match, idiosyncratic volition spell down. We privation to beryllium lasting erstwhile the crippled is over."

Jamaica's transition to the knock-out stages was built connected defence, arsenic they are the lone squad yet to concede a extremity astatine the World Cup.

They person lone scored once, done defender Allyson Swaby successful their 1-0 triumph implicit Panama, betwixt goalless draws against France and Brazil which secured 2nd spot successful Group F.

"A deficiency of goals is not a large concern," added Donaldson. "We person played immoderate bully teams, 2 of the apical teams, we were expected to suffer by six oregon seven.

"We truthful person to effort to people to triumph this game, truthful we volition enactment our champion ft forward."

Colombia are acceptable to commencement 18-year-old defender Ana Maria Guzman successful spot of the suspended Manuela Vanegas.

She volition beryllium the 2nd 18-year-old is Colombia's apt XI, alongside Linda Caicedo.

"This is simply a large opportunity," Guzman said. "To beryllium successful specified a nationalist squad is simply a blessing, to springiness my champion for nationalist squad and squad mates.

"Yes, we are the youngest players, but connected the transportation we are precise skilled."

Rachel Brown-Finnis' prediction

Colombia person been my astonishment squad of the tourney truthful far, and they afloat merit to beryllium successful the past 16.

They've been brilliantly organised and person travel up with immoderate large moments successful onslaught - their last-gasp victor against Germany was technically excellent, successful the mode it was created and scored.

Jamaica person shown a batch of resoluteness too, but Colombia person much ideas erstwhile it comes to unlocking the opposition.

Brown-Finnis' prediction: 2-0

Key stats

• This is Colombia's 2nd clip successful the past 16 of the Women's World Cup, having besides made the archetypal knockout circular connected debut since 2015.
• Jamaica are the archetypal Caribbean federation to play successful the knockout stages of a Fifa World Cup - antheral oregon pistillate - since Cuba successful 1938.
• The Reggae Girlz are lone the 3rd broadside from the Concacaf portion to scope the Women's World Cup knockouts, aft USA and Canada.
• These 2 sides are the past remaining representatives from their respective federations (Colombia from Conmebol, Jamaica from Concacaf) astatine this World Cup.
• Jamaica did not concede successful immoderate of their 3 radical games. In 2019, making their Women's World Cup debut, they conceded 12 goals successful 3 matches.