Brazilian star has inspired a generation of soccer players since her 2003 World Cup debut
Before leaving the Women’s World Cup as a player for the sixth and last time, Marta embraced Jamaica captain Khadija Shaw.
With the win, Jamaica became the first Caribbean nation to advance to the Women’s World Cup knockout rounds. “Her legacy continues, it doesn’t end here,” Brazil’s Ary Borges said. Marta “is a woman who will continue to inspire not only my generation, but generations.” Marta admitted she started getting sentimental as she looked at the moon in Melbourne, trying to summon a way to create or score the goal that Brazil needed to keep progressing at the World Cup. She saw her younger teammates looking for inspiration, and knew she had to dig deep.
“Women’s football doesn’t end here. Women’s football in Brazil doesn’t end here,” she said. “We need to understand this.”
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