2024-08-02 12:41:44
Brazil’s Marta occupies a legendary place in the history of women’s football. But sadly, he has no Olympic gold medal in his career. He set foot in Paris with that hope. However, the Brazilian great left the field in tears after seeing the red card in the match against Spain. Brazil lost the match against Spain 2-0.
First half added time. Spain’s Olga Carmona headed low outside the box. Marta stepped dangerously over his head in an attempt to clear the ball. The Spanish defender collapsed on the field after being hit. The referee immediately showed Marta a red card. Marta was not saved even after protesting.
The match was won by Brazil and Spain won all three matches and entered the quarter-finals as champions of ‘C’ group with 9 points. After winning two matches, Japan advanced to the quarter-finals as runners-up with 6 points.
But Brazil is not left out. Seleção has reached the last eight as one of the two third best teams with 3 points from 1 win in 3 matches. However, Marta will not be able to play in that match even if she reaches the last eight. The match against Spain was Marta’s last match as Brazil lost in the quarterfinals. Marta has announced his intention to retire from international football this year.
Brazil’s opponent in the quarter-finals is France. The other three quarter-finals will be Spain-Colombia, USA-Japan and Germany-Canada.