This week’s newsletter looks at Pia Sundhage’s exciting young side before the Copa América in Colombia
Tainara De Souza Da Silva of Brazil and teammates salute the crowd after their friendly against Australia in Sydney last year.Tainara De Souza Da Silva of Brazil and teammates salute the crowd after their friendly against Australia in Sydney last year.Last modified on Wed 8 Jun 2022 12.39 BST
“You never know if they’re ready, but you have to believe,” Pia Sundhage said recently. The Brazil coach was talking about her squad for the friendlies against Denmark and Sweden later this month, games that will be followed by the Copa América. The Swedish manager has been in charge of the Brazilian women’s national team for the past three years and leading them through a rebuilding process.
The manager of the U-20 Brazilian national team, Jonas Urias, works closely with Sundhage to make sure there is a pathway for the best talents to reach the senior side. He says that the main challenge is to nurture the same toughness in this generation that the previous one had. “Previous generations were forced to be resilient to survive in an extremely hostile and prejudiced environment, but they still were able to win,” he says.
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