Photo: Patricia Pérez Ferraro / SPP
Reporting on the ground from Melbourne, Australia — On a cool and breezy Wednesday evening one of the greatest players to lace up a pair of football boots watched as Brazil was eliminated from the World Cup.
Marta sat on the bench for the final nine minutes of regulation, and four minutes of stoppage time, as the seconds slowly ticked away on her sixth and final World Cup.
Brazil needed to beat Jamaica to advance to the knockout round and they came up short. A 0-0 draw sent the Reggae Girlz to the World Cup Round of 16 for the first time in the nation’s history. In fact, it was Jamaica’s second World Cup, after qualifying for his first tournament in 2019.
The six-time FIFA Women’s Player of the Year has spent more than two decades playing football for her country, growing the game not only in her native Brazil, but all across the globe.
It is poignant that on a night when Brazil needed someone to deliver like Marta has done on so many occasions for Brazil, that there was…
