10/28/2023 – 19:04
The Arthur Elias “era” in charge of the women’s football team started in the best possible way. This Saturday (28), the Brazilians beat Canada 1-0, in a friendly held at the Saputo Stadium, in Montreal, the home of the opponents, with a goal at the end of the match.
Multi-champion ahead of Corinthians, with five Brazilian titles, four Libertadores titles, three São Paulo titles, two Supercopa do Brasil titles and one Copa do Brasil title, Arthur chose an aggressive team, with Luana and Ary Borges making up the midfield and five offensive players. : Tamires (official full-back, but who the coach usually uses as a left-winger) and Adriana open and the attacking trio formed by Geyse, Marta and Cristiane. The last two, in fact, had not played together for the national team for two and a half years.
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Cristiane, who has not been called up since 2021, was one of the new additions to the starting lineup, compared to the one that drew goalless with Jamaica in this year’s World Cup, in the last game under the command of Swedish coach Pia Sundhage – Brazil was eliminated in the first phase of the competition, held in Australia and New Zealand. The other changes were the presence of Lauren in defense and Geyse in attack. Both, however, were among Pia’s squad for the World Cup.
The Canadians even found the net first, in the 27th minute of the first half, with a header from Vanessa Gilles, but the move was canceled due to the defender being offside. Four minutes later, Brazil had its best opportunity, with Adriana. The attacker advanced from the right and shot across, looking for Kailen Sheridan’s angle, but stopped in a great save from the goalkeeper.
Arthur returned for the second half with Gabi Nunes and Debinha replacing Cristiane and Geyse. At 13 minutes, Marta left the field, much applauded, to replace Bia Zaneratto. Steering wheel Angelina, at 23; striker Gabi Portilho, at 35; and midfielder Duda Sampaio, already in stoppage time, took the places of Luana, Adriana and Ary Borges, respectively.
The team improved throughout the final stage and began to dominate offensive actions, but stopped at Sheridan, who saved clear chances from Debinha (twice) and Ary. Canada got scared in the 46th minute, but goalkeeper Lelê prevented Gilles’ goal with a cross.
When the duel was heading towards a draw, Brazil finally beat Sheridan. In the 48th minute, full-back Antônia regained possession in the middle and found Debinha. Shirt number 7 finished from the edge of the area, the ball deflected twice on the way and went into the Canadian net, declaring the Canarian victory.
The teams will face each other again this Tuesday (31), at 8:30 pm (Brasília time), at the Wanderers Stadium, in Halifax, also in Canada.
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