To get an idea of the category of the rival that Colombia will have this Saturday in Bucaramanga, in the final of the women’s Copa América, it is enough to review their route.
Brazil has just qualified for the Fifa World Cup for the ninth time and has participated in all editions since the first in China-1991.
On that occasion and the next, Sweden-1995, he did not pass the first round, but from then on he had better presentations. In the United States-1999 she was third and in the same venue, four years later (2003), she advanced to the quarterfinals.
However, his best appearance in the World Cup dates back to China-2007 when he reached the runner-up position. Germany won the final and the US took third place.
In Germany 2011 they advanced to the quarterfinals and in the last two editions, Canada-2015 and France-2019, they only reached the round of 16.
The most emblematic player is Marta, absent from the tournament that ends this Saturday in Colombian territory, due to a knee injury. This soccer player, elected seven times Ballon d’Or, has scored 110 goals with Canarinha, which since 2019 is managed by Pia Mariane Sundhage.
Today, Adriana stands out on the payroll, top scorer of the Copa América-2022 with 5 goals; the creative Debinha and the attacker Bia Zaneratto.
Olympics and America’s Cup
In the soccer tournament of the Olympic Games, Brazil appears with two silver medals obtained in Athens-2004 and Beijing-2008. In both they lost the final with the USA.
Brazil was a semifinalist in Atlanta-1996, Sydney-2000 and Rio de Janeiro-2016. And he completes his records with his advance to the quarterfinals in London-2012 and Tokyo-2021. As in the World Cup, he has been in all the Olympics.
In the Copa América, he has 7 crowns out of the 8 that have been played since Brazil-1991. Only Argentina snatched it from 2006, when the albicelestes were hosts. And in the Pan American Games he has won 3 of the 4 tournaments he has played, one of them against Colombia in the Toronto-2015 final by 4-0.
Rivalry with Colombia
The teams from Colombia and Brazil have faced each other 7 times for the Copa América, with Auriverde dominating: 6 wins and a draw. The first two duels ended with routs 12-1 (1998 group stage in Argentina) and 12-0 (2003 final home run in Peru).
In Ecuador 2010 they were 2-1 (group stage) and 5-0 (final round). in the same country, but in 2014, there was the only draw (0-0) between the two in the final phase. That time Colombia was runner-up. Diana Ospina, Sandra Sepúlveda, Leicy Santos, Daniela Montoya, Carolina Arias and Tatiana Ariza remain from that group.. And the most recent was in Chile-2018, a Brazilian victory 3-0 in the final round.
Brazil, as well as Colombia, reach the final undefeated: 5 wins, 19 goals for and none against
4-0
Colombia beat Brazil in the only direct final they have had: Pan American Games 2015.
