Marta left the sphere in tears after being despatched off for a harmful excessive deal with throughout Brazil’s 2-0 defeat to Spain of their closing Group C sport on the Olympics.
The Brazil nice narrowly missed Olga Carmona’s head with an out-of-control try to succeed in the ball in first-half stoppage time, receiving a straight pink card in what might develop into her final-ever Olympic sport.
Brazil wanted a win to safe a spot within the knockout rounds, however now face a nervous wait to see if they are going to be one of many two greatest third-place groups within the final eight – a match they must play with out their captain.
Athenea del Castillo ultimately acquired the breakthrough after 68 minutes, earlier than Alexia Putellas scored within the 107th minute to make sure they stayed good to prime the group.
It was a dominant efficiency by La Roja, who created an anticipated objectives tally of two.75 from 27 photographs in comparison with Brazil’s 0.3 from 10 efforts.
Spain will face the most effective third-place workforce from both Group A or B within the quarter-final on Saturday.
Three wins from three to date on the @Olympics for the #FIFAWWC Champions! pic.twitter.com/GNL9yzFaQA
— FIFA Ladies’s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) July 31, 2024
In the meantime, Japan additionally secured a spot within the knockout rounds with an emphatic 3-1 victory over Nigeria.
Japan surprised Brazil within the second group sport and continued their momentum by getting the job completed within the first half.
Maika Hamano and Mina Tanaka put them 2-0 up earlier than Jennifer Echegini pulled one again for Nigeria.
Nevertheless, Hikaru Kitagawa’s strike simply earlier than the break restored Japan’s two-goal cushion and held onto that result in arrange a gathering with the winners of Group B within the subsequent spherical.
That quarter-final feeling. #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/pvs50Mr3PJ
— FIFA Ladies’s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) July 31, 2024