The Brazil under-20 women's futsal team beat Colombia last Saturday, September 10, in the city of Gramado.
The girls from Brazil rocked the game, taking the win by 3 to 0. The athletes who scored the 3 goals were Dany, Flávia and Sinara.
With the victory, the Brazilian champions already have six wins out of the six disputed, totaling 37 goals scored against only two goals conceded by the selection.
The selection that competed in this final with Brazil, Colombia, also came from an undefeated path, but failed to score a goal.
A dream come true
Really, victory is a dream for the girls of under-20 futsal, which is reinforced by center Camilly: “This is a dream for me, I am very happy to play with this wonderful team. I don't even have anything to say. Today was a very difficult game. We trained a lot to get here. We did our best on the court.”
The girls had a campaign with 100% harnessing, being a huge achievement in their careers.
Coach Márcio Coelho commented on the team's performance: “I'm very happy, I really stressed that it's the defense that wins the game. They believed a lot and our defense made all the difference.
“We are very aggressive in marking and many goals in the first phase were stolen balls in the first line. I am very proud that they believed in this issue of being defensively aggressive, always running behind the line of the ball, not giving up, protecting one another”.
“We scored a lot of set-piece goals, the movements that were worked on they believed in and executed. Happiness that doesn't fit in the chest ".
Semifinal against Argentina
The semifinal was also a milestone for the girls in the futsal team, who had a great challenge to overcome, with Argentina being considered a strong selection. But Brazil closed the score with 3 to 2, guaranteeing a place in the final and the grand prize.
The coach, full of pride, declared: “From the first phase, the group respected the opponents and did their best, then came the difficulty in the semifinal against Argentina. In a delicate moment, 3-2 on the scoreboard, the group had the maturity to remain calm and not let the shuttle drop.
“It was a tough game. Argentina prepared for a long time, a very well trained team, but with great merit we reached the final”.
“Colombia's team is very physically strong, caused us a lot of difficulty in the first half, we even ended up allowing some counterattacks for them, but the sinara It was very important in today's game too".
“In the second half the girls were giants, a very strong mental force. We managed to score goals in crucial moments and then defend well with the goalkeeper. Happiness that doesn't fit in the chest ".