We are not going to say that whoever wants to be a champion has to beat everyone, that on the field it is 11 against 11, that the public does not enter the field… We are not going to fool ourselves.
The stark reality is that Brazil is way, way ahead of every other team in the Copa América Femenina, and that includes host Colombia. Therefore, if the goal is to be champion, here the task is to try to avoid a cross with that giant until it is inevitable, until the final.
The matter is clear: it is true that the national team has the same points as Brazil, but their goal difference is +6 while the great enemy has +11. And there is a not minor detail: in his three outings nobody has been able to score a single goal against him, which speaks of the strength in the rear area that the owner of the house suffers from – everything must be said.
The first thing on the list of tasks is to do what Brazil has already done: settle in the semifinal. What does it depend on? To tie or beat Chile on the last date of group A. In this way it would become unattainable for Paraguay (6 points) and for Chile itself (6) and as the first in its zone it would avoid the ‘coconut’ of the tournament. But beware, there is one more option: if he were to lose, it must be by less than three goals, so that Chile does not overtake him in the table and continue to be first.
This is because in the fixture it is established that the first of group A will be measured in the semifinals against the second of group B, but since Brazil is the leader of that zone, its rival in the next phase will be the second of group A, which at this moment is Paraguay. Anyway, there they with that mess…
The fundamental objective is to be in Bucaramanga on July 25 as the first, which does not seem impossible given the good feelings that the three victories in this first phase have left. A day later, Brazil will decide their fate and, if everything goes as expected, they will be in the final on July 30. You have to do everything to avoid crossing them before that day.
