The Brazilian National Team defeated Jamaica in their last friendly match before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. On Tuesday (4), at the Arena Fonte Nova, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil thrashed their opponents 4-0, with goals from Debinha, Jheniffer (2) and Marta.
Once again the Amarelinha dominated the match and repeated the 4-0 scoreline from Saturday, in Pernambuco, against the same opponent. In front of an audience of 31,547 people, the Brazilian National Team shone again and ended the tests before the Olympics.
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DEBINHA SCORES THE FIRST
Just six minutes into the game, Gabi Portilho carried the ball into the opposing area and crossed it for Debinha, who scored the first goal of the game.
PORTILHO SHINES!
One of the highlights of the match was jersey number 18, who, in addition to the assist, gave a beautiful dribble on the Jamaican captain, Blackwood, in the 22nd minute of the match, drawing applause from the entire stadium.
BEAUTIFUL DEBUT
Byanca Brasil made her debut for the Senior National Team in this match. Before being substituted at the beginning of the second half, the striker presented the fans with a beautiful step-over, and gave a lençol (nutmeg) to Chantelle Swaby, from Jamaica’s defense.
TWO TIMES JHENIFFER
It was in the second half of the match that Brazil increased the scoreline. In the 18th minute, after a corner kick cross, Gabi Nunes headed it, but the Jamaican goalkeeper parried it. Jheniffer took advantage of the rebound to score her first goal in the game. Then, in the 33rd minute, jersey number 26 shot from the top of the box and found the net again with a beautiful goal.
MARTA CLOSES THE SCORELINE
Free kick near the area, leave it with jersey number 10! Marta had already scored two goals in the first friendly against Jamaica, and this time, she scored another one to close the second 4-0 thrashing.
END OF THE TESTS
This was Brazil’s last friendly before the Olympics. Now the National Team will only have a training period before the most important competition of the year. Coach Arthur Elias ended the tests in this FIFA Date with two 4-0 thrashings and was very satisfied with the performance of the National Team.
Remembering Zagallo
Sambafoot Series launched a new documentary about the football legend Zagallo. Known as ‘Velho Lobo‘ and as superstitious as it gets, Zagallo helped shape what Brazilian football is nowadays — as a player and as a coach.
Watch the full series, available on Sambafoot’s Youtube channel.
