Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan 26, 2026 (AFP) - Brazil coach 'counting on' Marta for home Women's World Cup

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2026-01-26

Brazil are counting on women's football great Marta for the 2027 World Cup on home soil, even though she will be 41 then, coach Arthur Elias told AFP. Marta is a six-time FIFA women's player of the year but has never won the World Cup, playing in the Brazil team that lost 2-0 to Germany in the 2007 final in China. "I'm counting on her, I'm counting on all the players who are in form, like Marta," Elias told AFP on Sunday. "But neither she nor I k......

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