Brazil ahead Marta mentioned it feels “surreal” to be getting ready for a sixth Girls’s World Cup and confirmed the event in Australia and New Zealand might be her final.
The 37-year-old made her World Cup debut in 2003 and is Brazil’s all-time main scorer with 117 objectives. She has gained the Copa America 3 times however is but to carry the World Cup.
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Brazil’s greatest consequence on the event was a runner-up end to Germany in 2007.
“Sure, it will likely be my final World Cup,” Marta instructed native media in Brasilia on Monday. “Now we have to grasp {that a} time comes for us to prioritise different issues.
“I simply must be grateful to have lived all these years within the nationwide staff. To have the chance to go to a different World Cup, a sixth one, for me is one thing surreal.”
Brazil head coach Pia Sundhage mentioned Marta, who has gained the FIFA World Participant of the 12 months award six instances, might begin the event on the bench as she continues to get better from a knee harm.
Marta, who performs for the NWSL’s Orlando Satisfaction, had surgical procedure to restore a torn anterior cruciate ligament final 12 months and returned to the nationwide staff in February after an 11-month absence.
She didn’t play in friendlies in opposition to England and Germany in April however got here on as a 74th-minute substitute in Sunday’s 4-0 win over Chile.
Brazil kick off their World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Panama on July 24 earlier than taking up France and Jamaica.