In the second friendly match against Canada on this October FIFA date, Arthur Elias repeated the formation with three defenders from the Brazilian team, with Antônia, Lauren and Rafaelle. But the coach made four changes to the starting team: Angelina replaced Luana in midfield; Yasmim entered on the most advanced left flank in place of Tamires; and Bia Zaneratto and Gabi Nunes started the match forming the attacking trio with Marta, in the positions of Geyse and Cristiane.

Unlike the first confrontation, in which Brazil suffered from Canadian imposition in the first 15 minutes, this time the match started in a balanced and more truncated manner. The Brazilian team even had more ball possession until the first 30 minutes, but was faced with well-placed Canadian marking, which was first positioned in the middle of the field and then moved up the lines, which made team initiation even more difficult. plays.Brazilian.

However, it was in the first half that Brazil created the best scoring chances. The first was a throw from Bia Zaneratto at the edge of the box, looking for Marta behind the Canadian defense, but the number 10 failed to reach the ball. Then, in the 27th minute, Brazil intercepted Canada’s ball and Angelina passed it to Gabi Nunes at the penalty spot. The Brazilian striker was surrounded, fell to the ground and, even while sitting down, threw a pass to Marta, who hit a cross near the post, but was knocked out.

On the other hand, Canada also created little in attack and did not manage a single shot until the 35th minute of the match. The main attacks were aerial, but Brazil performed well defensively on the occasions when they were threatened from above in the first half. The most dangerous Canadian move was when Lauren tried to cut out a Canadian cross and the ball almost covered goalkeeper Lelê in the 39th minute. To the great relief of the Brazilians, the ball went to the right of the goal.

Brazil loses its performance and concedes two goals

Canada started the second half with Fleming replacing Regan in midfield, a change that allowed the home team to improve and have the most dangerous chance to score in the 15th minute, precisely in a game started at the feet of Fleming. The Canadian midfielder made a superb pass behind the Brazilian defense to Lacasse, who had just entered the field in place of Adriana Leon. Lacasse deceived goalkeeper Lelê, but the post prevented what would have been the first goal for the home team!

Faced with Brazil’s decline in performance, Arthur Elias made two substitutions: Cristiane and Tamires replaced Gabi Nunes and Yasmim, in the 11th minute of the second half. In the 17th minute, the Brazilian team recovered a ball on the right and Ary Borges crossed towards Cristiane halfway up at the edge of the area. Jersey number 9 tried to finish first, even without being able to adjust his body well, but he didn’t catch it well and the shot crossed the baseline weakly.

This was Brazil’s most notable action of the second half. Instead of possessing the ball to work on plays in the offensive field, the team led by Arthur Elias began to miss numerous passes and suffer from improved Canadian scoring. With an advantage in the midfield duels, Canada managed to cancel out the Brazilian creative plays and began to dominate the match, opening spaces to reach the Brazilian zone with danger, mainly on the sides of the field.