Soccer World Cup 2011 / Brazil

This article covers the Brazilian women's national soccer team at the 2011 women's soccer world championship in Germany . Before the World Cup, Brazil was third in the FIFA world rankings and has taken part in all previous World Cups. At the last tournament in 2007 , the final was reached for the first time, which was lost to Germany with 0-2. Second place was also achieved at the last Olympic Games in Beijing . The runner-up's outstanding player is Marta , five-time FIFA World Cup player and top scorer (seven goals) at the last World Cup.

qualification

Brazil qualified with seven wins and 25: 2 goals as South American champions 2010 for the finals. The most successful goalscorers of the Sudamericano Femenino were Marta (nine goals) and Cristiane (eight goals).

The way to the World Cup

The championship took place in November 2010 in Ecuador . There was no qualification. The preliminary and final rounds were played in the league system.

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	13: 01	12
2	Colombia	17: 02	09
3	Paraguay	08: 06	06th
4th	Venezuela	05:15	03
5	Uruguay	02:21	00

November 5, 2010 in Loja
Brazil	-	Venezuela	4: 0 (3: 0)
November 7, 2010 in Loja
Uruguay	-	Brazil	0: 4 (0: 3)
November 11, 2010 in Cuenca
Colombia	-	Brazil	1: 2 (0: 2)
November 13, 2010 in Cuenca
Brazil	-	Paraguay	3: 0 (2: 0)

Final round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	12: 1	9
2	Colombia	02: 6	4th
3	Chile	02: 4	2
4th	Argentina	00: 5	1

November 17, 2010 in Latacunga
Brazil	-	Argentina	4: 0 (2: 0)
November 19, 2010 in Latacunga
Brazil	-	Colombia	5: 0 (1: 0)
November 21, 2010 in Quito
Chile	-	Brazil	1: 3 (1: 2)

Squad for the World Cup

On May 25, 2011, a preliminary roster with 25 players was named, which was reduced to 21 on June 10. The most experienced player is 33-year-old Formiga , who has already taken part in four World Cup finals and, after Birgit Prinz, has played the most World Cup games of all participants. With the exception of three players playing in the United States or Sweden, all players are currently active in Brazil or without a contract. The players have an average height of 167 cm, with Maurine being the smallest with 159 cm and the unused goalkeeper Thaís being the tallest with 181 cm.

No.	player	Date of birth	society	International matches	International goals	World Cup games	World Cup 2011
							Sp.	Gates
goal
1	Andréia Suntaque	09/14/1977	FC Santos	50	00	10 (2003, 2007)	4th	0	0	0	0
12	Bárbara	07/04/1988	Foz Cataratas FC	18th	02		0	0	0	0	0
21st	Thaís	06/19/1987	Bangu AC	12	00		0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Maurine	01/14/1986	Western New York Flash	48	11		4th	0	1	0	0
3	Daiane	04/15/1983	São José dos Campos FC	15th	03		3	0	1	0	0
4th	Aline Pellegrino	06/07/1982	FC Santos	27	04th	5 (2007)	4th	0	1	0	0
5	Renata Costa	07/08/1986	without a contract	66	27	9 (1999, 2003, 2007)	3	0	1	0	0
6th	Rosana	07/07/1982	Centro Olímpico	36	08th	8 (2003, 2007)	4th	2	0	0	0
13	Erika	02/04/1988	FC Santos	18th	09		4th	1	1	0	0
14th	Fabiana	08/04/1989	FC Santos	22nd	04th		4th	0	0	0	0
16	Elaine	11/01/1982	Tyresö FF	18th	04th	5 (2007)	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Roseane	07/23/1985	Bangu AC	12	00		0	0	0	0	0
midfield
7th	Ester	12/09/1982	FC Santos	30th	02	6 (2007)	4th	0	0	0	0
8th	Formiga	03/03/1978	without a contract	50	12	17 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007)	4th	0	0	0	0
9	Beatrice	12/17/1993	Bangu AC	03	00		1	0	0	0	0
15th	Francielle	10/18/1989	São José dos Campos FC	19th	05		4th	0	0	0	0
attack
10	Marta	02/19/1986	Western New York Flash	73	80	10 (2003, 2007)	4th	4th	1	0	0
11	Cristiane	05/15/1985	FC Santos	60	43	10 (2003, 2007)	4th	2	0	0	0
17th	Daniele	04/02/1983	CR Vasco da Gama	12	03		0	0	0	0	0
18th	Thaís Guedes	01/20/1993	Bangu AC	06th	00		1	0	0	0	0
19th	Grazielle	03/28/1981	America FC	19th	05		1	0	0	0	0
Coaching staff
Técnico da Seleção Feminina	Kleiton Lima	05/05/1974	Confederação Brasileira de Futebol				4th	0	0	0	0
Remarks: ↑ Numbers and positions according to the FIFA squad list. FIFA.com: Brazil squad list (PDF; 485 kB) ↑ Status before the World Cup ↑ 1 own goal in the game against the USA

preparation

In preparation for the World Cup, two test matches were scheduled.

date	place	opponent	Result
May 14, 2011	Maceio	Chile	3: 0 (2: 0)
June 16, 2011	Recife	Argentina	failed

Group games

Brazil was selected as the "group head" when the groups were drawn. In Group D, Brazil met Asian champions Australia in their first game . Australia started briskly and had a first chance to score in the 6th minute. As a result, Australia became overweight and so the Brazilian women who were rated higher hardly came into play. World footballer Marta could hardly set accents. At the end, however, the matiladas lacked accuracy. Australia also had more of the game in the second half, but in the 54th minute Rosana , who was able to prevail in the penalty area against several Australians, managed the surprising 1-0 for Brazil. Until the end of the game, the Australians pressed for the equalizer, but could not use even the best chances. It was the sixth win - with three defeats - against Australia for the Brazilians.

In the second game, Brazil met former world champions Norway . The Norwegians initially had more of the game, but without creating any scoring chances. In the 22nd minute Marta then made it 1-0 after an illegal use against Berge . From then on, the world soccer player was whistled by the audience with every ball contact. (FIFA evaluated the goal in their daily summary as confirmation of their choice as world footballer.) The whistles only subsided when Marta prepared the 2-0 through Rosana in the 46th minute and then scored the 3-0 in the 48th minute . After that, the Norwegians tried to score the next goal, as the goal difference can still be important for them, but failed again and again due to the Brazilian defense. They could only spread danger for the Brazilian goal in corners, but then often stood in their own way, as they populated the six-yard area with several players. With some quick counterattacks from the Brazilians on Marta, she received applause from the audience. In the end, the Brazilians managed the result that meant they made it to the quarter-finals. Even if they had lost the group stage against the newcomer to the World Cup and runner-up at the 2010 African Cup of Nations , Equatorial Guinea , whose squad includes several naturalized Brazilians, they would have been one of the top two places. Against Norway it was the fourth win in the eighth game, with two draws - one won on penalties - and two defeats.

When they first met Equatorial Guinea, Brazil achieved a 3-0 win, which was largely due to the mistakes made by the Africans. They were able to avoid a deficit up to the 49th minute, because "handball player" Bruna made Guido against Marta and followed her every step of the way - even when Marta tried to talk to her coach - which made her visibly annoyed. The 1-0 was achieved by Érika with a fine individual performance, the 2-0 in the 54th minute by Cristiane after preliminary work by Marta. When Marta was fouled in the penalty area in the final minute, Cristiane converted the penalty. With this win, Brazil is the only team without conceding a goal to advance to the quarter-finals as group winners.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	7-0	9
2	Australia	5: 4	6th
3	Norway	2: 5	3
4th	Equatorial Guinea	2: 7	0

Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 6:15 p.m. in Mönchengladbach
Brazil	-	Australia	1: 0 (1: 0)
Sunday, July 3, 2011, 6:15 p.m. in Wolfsburg
Brazil	-	Norway	3: 0 (1: 0)
Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 6:00 p.m. in Frankfurt
Equatorial Guinea	-	Brazil	0: 3 (0: 0)

Quarter finals

As group winners, Brazil met the USA in the quarter-finals in Dresden on July 10th , runners-up in Group C. Before that, there were 27 games between the two teams, the USA won 23, Brazil won two, two games ended in a draw, one of which was on penalties won. The last time they met in the final of the Olympic Games in Beijing, the USA won 1-0 after extra time.

Both teams started nervously and so the Brazilian Libera Daiane steered the first sharp cross into their own goal in the second minute. Shortly after the renewed kick-off, the nervousness on the part of the Americans became apparent , but Hope Solo was able to intercept a Cristiane cross. After that, the game calmed down a bit and high-profile scoring chances remained in short supply. Solo took a Marta corner kick in the 22nd minute , but Aline Pellegrino headed to the side netting. The game got tougher and the referee from Australia distributed yellow cards - a total of seven in the course of the game, u. a. to Marta, who continued to criticize the referee's decisions and thus again attracted the displeasure of the audience, which from now on whistled for every action. The USA saved the lead in the half-time break. After the break there were few chances to score, too often the ball was hit far forward by both teams where it could not be picked up. It was only in the 63rd minute that Carli Lloyd hit the crossbar of the Brazilian goal after a free kick with a header. Three minutes later it got dramatic. Rachel Buehler put Marta in the penalty area and saw the red card as the first outfield player of the tournament . The due penalty kicked by Cristiane was saved by Solo, but since a player from the US team ran into the penalty area too early, the penalty was repeated and Marta converted safely. After that, nothing happened for a long time because the South Americans could not use their majority and technical advantages and the third extension of this quarter-final followed. Already in the 2nd minute of extra time, Marta took the lead for Brazil when she took a flank hit by Maurine from a slightly offside position with her back to the goal and shot at the inside post, from which the ball jumped into the net, out of reach for Solo. Now the US girls had to run after the jump back, which they mostly did without great precision. Abby Wambach was only able to head a wide cross from Megan Rapinoe into the goal in the 122nd minute . Shortly afterwards the whistle was blown and there was the second penalty shootout at this World Cup. This also started with a repeated penalty, because when the Brazilian goalkeeper Andréia Suntaque saved Shannon Boxx's first penalty , she was too far from the goal line. Boxx was more successful on the second attempt. After that, Christiane, Lloyd, Marta and Wambach transformed safely before Daiane forgave, who already made the own goal in the second minute. Since then all other shooters scored, the USA won the penalty shoot-out 5-3 - the last Brazilian didn't have to compete. This meant that the last continental champion still in competition at this World Cup was eliminated before the semi-finals and for the first time in World Cup history, no current continental champion reached the semi-finals.

Awards

Érika and Marta were elected to the All-Star-Team and Marta was awarded the silver shoe for the second best goalscorer. In addition, the goal of Érika against Equatorial Guinea was nominated for the election of the best goal of the tournament.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Convocação Mundial da Alemanha ( Memento of 28 May 2011 at the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Seleção Feminina definida para a Copa ( Memento from June 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ The game was canceled because the Argentine team could not travel via Buenos Aires due to the volcanic ash of the Chilean volcano Puyehue . Instead, a test match took place against a selection from the state of Pernambuco . [1] This game ended 4: 1 for the national team. http://www.cbf.com.br/noticias/selecao-feminina/2011/6/17/selecao-feminina-vence-pernambuco ( Memento from June 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ FIFA.com: The Marta Gala and the hopeful "Matildas"
5. ↑ FIFA.com: Marta suffers from "paranoia"
6. ↑ FIFA.com: Double Honor for Sawa, July 18, 2011, accessed May 20, 2017
7. ↑ FIFA.com: Goal of the Tournament