Brazil goalkeeper, Lorena says the Samba Girls deserved the win against Nigeria but labelled the Super Falcons a “difficult team”.
The South Americans defeated Nigeria 1-0 at the Matmut Atlantique Stadium, Bordeaux on Thursday night.
Gabi Nunes scored the winning goal eight minutes before the break.
Nunes slammed the ball home from inside the box after she was set up veteran midfielder Marta.
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Lorena said Brazil want to go all the way in the women’s football event.
“Brazil is very prepared. Arthur is doing an excellent job and we are very prepared,” the goalie was quoted by FIFA.com.
” We could all see today how strong the group is, and Nigeria is a difficult team, but we deserved to win. Our squad is united and we will always battle for the first place.”
World champions Spain defeated Japan 2-1 in the other Group C tie.
Brazil will face Spain in their second group game on Sunday.
By Adeboye Amosu
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This was an excellent goalkeeper, otherwise Nigeria would have scored first.
2 unbelievable saves within 30 seconds! Nigeria I’m sure will beat Japan. With luck we should be able to pull a draw with Spain on Sunday.
We can get 4 points and probably qualify as one of the 2 best third placed teams.
In football anything can happen. At the same time the girls really tried. Even if they dropped at group stage we should still be proud of them. Merely looking at FIFA ranking the three teams in the group are in 1st, 7th& 9th position while Nigeria is in 36th position.
In this Olympic the football loving Nigerians need to encourage and appreciate the team we have for growth and preparation for future competition.
Well done girls.
I dont know how or why we are expecting even a point from these Falcons.
We only started preparations 2 weeks ago, after our group rivals Japan had played their 3rd pre-tournament friendly or thereabout.
Performance wise, we might not peak till our 3rd game, knowing that we there was no proper recovery period after the pre-tournament camping.