Women’s national team faces China in last test before the World Cup

Eight days before the start of the Women’s Football World Cup, the Brazilian team will play a training game against China, starting at 11 pm (Brasília time) this Wednesday (12) – noon on Thursday (13) in Australia – in the last test before the debut in the competition. The match will be closed to the public and the press, on the football field in the sports complex of the Royal Pines resort, where the team is staying. The game will take place in three halves of 30 minutes. Coach Pia Sundhage made the last adjustments to the team’s preparation on Tuesday night (11), already outlining the possible lineup for tonight’s training game. Attacking midfielder Marta did not participate in the activities due to muscle discomfort. The team trained offensive set-pieces as well as defensive plays. For Letícia Isidoro, main goalkeeper of the Brazilian national team, the training game against China will be a good opportunity for the team to check what is good and what still needs to improve before the debut in the World Cup – Thais Magalhães/CBF/Rights Reserved “É It’s important for us to also be able to assess how our tactical part is doing, how the team is evolving and what we will need to improve until the debut in the World Cup. It will be more important in terms of adjustment for our debut in the World Cup”, he said goalkeeper Léticia Izidoro, in a statement to the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) website, who started with the under-17 team and is going to his third professional World Cup, his first as a starter. “Even being a team that we won’t face in the first phase of the World Cup, it will generate a certain discomfort and difficulty. Let’s see what really is ready for the World Cup and what we need to improve. I think this mix of teams is good. schools because, that way, we arrive prepared for everything that could happen in the World Cup and not have any unforeseen events”, concluded Letícia. The last clash between Brazil and China took place in the first round of the Tokyo Olympics (Japan), when the team won 5-0, with two goals from Marta and the others scored by Bia Zaneratto, Debinha and Andressa Alves. The World Cup starts on July 20 (Thursday), at 4 am (Brasília time). The selection will make its debut four days later – a Monday – at 8 am, against Panama, in the city of Adelaide, in a game for group E. The other matches of the first phase of the World Cup will be against France, on the 29th in Brisbane (Australia), and against Jamaica on 2 August.

Agência Brasil