The DT of Brazil anticipated an even duel and loaded with pressure against Colombia, a rival they already faced in the group stage, and which they beat in the 2022 final.
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The coach of the Brazil Football Team, Arthur Elias, declared this Friday “anxious to win” the final of the tenth Copa América, which the Canarinha He will play with Colombia on Saturday in Quito.
“I am very excited, I am anxious to win the game tomorrow. I know that the game will be very difficult,” said the strategist at a press conference after the last practice of the Selectionthat pursues its ninth title of the tournament.
Commanded by the legendary attacker Marta, 39, the Brazilian national team will face the coffee makers, which she won 1-0 in the final of the South American contest of 2022, with the Swedish technique Pia Sundhage on the bench.
“I am used to this moment, it is the moment that I like to work the most,” added Elias, who has not achieved trophies since he assumed the command of the Canarinhain October 2023.
So far he has obtained second place in the Olympic Games of Paris 2024 and the Gold Cup of the Concacaf 2024, in addition to the classification to the fair of Los Angeles 2028, obtained by having reached the final of the Copa América in Ecuador.
However, the 43 -year -old coach is one of the most laureate of South American female football thanks to the 16 stars he managed to lead to the Corinthians of Sao Paulo, including the liberating glasses of 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023.
We are working “so that we can make a great game and deserve to win a strong adversary like Colombia,” said the DT, whose team thrashed Uruguay 5-1 in the semifinal.
“We need the title,” he said. “We are going to play against a great team, which has wonderful players, who are in a great moment, like Colombia.”
Elias indicated that on the Rodrigo Paz Stadium court, in the north of the Ecuadorian capital, there will be a Canarinha “That he is not going to play feeling pressure or retreating at some point for having scored a goal.”
He estimated that after two unmarked commitments, including 0-0 with Brazil in the group stage, Colombia will want to be “more aggressive at some point, looking for a little more” on the attack front.
The DT also showed its illusion with being able to dispute the “Finalissima” of 2026, which will face the monarch of South America with England, brand new winner of the female Eurocup.
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