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Former player of the women’s national team shows confidence in winning the World Cup: “We will win”

Former player of the women’s national team shows confidence in winning the World Cup: “We will win”

Former player of Brazilian Team and one of the pioneers of women’s football in Brazil, Iracema Ferreira, known as Rata, showed confidence in the team’s participation in the world Cup which is about to begin. She was present at a Visa event, this Wednesday, with the aim of further promoting the participation of women in sports.

Rata, who played for Amarelinha in the late 1980s and early 1990s, fights for ever-increasing recognition and visibility for women’s football. She was therefore invited to accompany the 2023 World Cup in loco, in Australia and New Zealand. The competition will be held between the 20th of July and the 20th of August.

When questioned about her expectations for Brazil in the tournament, she replied: “We’re going to win! Now that I’m going, we’re going to win. I’ll be there cheering a lot for the girls to take this cup”.

Rata (third, from left to right) during an event in São Paulo. (Photo: André da Silva Costa/Gazeta Esportiva)

Born in Bangu, Rio de Janeiro, Rata faced any kind of adversity to become a soccer player. When younger, at the age of 12, the former athlete suffered from the disapproval of her father, who did not want to have a daughter who practiced the sport, and was even expelled from home.

Persistent, she joined as a professional soccer player in 1981, at Esporte Clube Radar, from Copacabana, an old team that dominated the modality at that time. She earned the nickname “Rata” for acting as a defender and having the ability to disarm her opponents.

The former defender, finally, was happy with the path that women’s football has taken in recent years and recalled the problems she went through to achieve her achievements.

“I’ve gone through a lot to be here. I’m very happy with the work being done with these girls today, I’m sure they’ll grow up very different. What I’m saying here now is a cry, which comes from the pioneers , a cry for freedom,” he declared.

This year, the Brazilian women’s team will seek its first world title. Pia Sundhage’s team comes from a runner-up in the Final, against England, and from winning the Copa América in 2022.


Source: Gazetaesportiva

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