In the last World Cup match of the legendary Marta, Brazil dominated but never managed to beat Jamaica’s goal and the goalless tie gave the ‘Reggae Girlz’ a historic qualification to the World Cup second round while the South Americans were eliminated in the group stage for the first time in 28 years.
The Caribbean women, who They arrived with their goal to zero, they managed to extend their defensive effectiveness against a Brazil that as the minutes passed denoted clear signs of impotence and in the end finished third in a group where the tickets went to France and Jamaica.
On the day of the event that has New Zealand and Australia as venues, two other teams from countries with a long tradition in soccer also said goodbye, although they have not yet given clarion calls among women. It is about Argentina and Italy, fired in a key where the quotas were taken by Sweden and South Africa.
The albicelestes they left the universal appointment again without getting a win (they have nine failures and three draws throughout history), because in their last outing they gave up 2×0 against the Swedes and ended up at the bottom of the table, preceded by some Italians who caressed the passage until the stoppage time of their match against the South Africans.
It was then that Thembi Kgatlana scored to put the 3×2 on the blackboard, become a national heroine and give the country its first win in this kind of competition.
Tomorrow the last two classified to the round of 16 will be decided with the Morocco-Colombia and South Korea-Germany matches.
