Brazil striker Marta is a doubt for their women's World Cup opener against ...
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - The Best FIFA Football Awards - Royal Festival Hall, London, Britain - September 24, 2018 Marta after winning the Best Women's Player award Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley
SAO PAULO - Brazil striker Marta is a doubt for their women’s World Cup opener against Jamaica next month after the country’s soccer confederation said on Saturday she had picked up a hamstring injury in training. Marta, named Women’s Player of the Year a record six times, picked up the injury at Brazil’s camp in Portugal and while the CBF did not clarify how serious the injury was coach Vadao told a Globo website she could miss their June 9 opener.“She feels fine. We’ll wait a couple of days for the medical department to give me a more concrete appraisal.”
The absence of Marta, who has scored a record 15 women’s World Cup goals, would make Brazil’s life even more difficult at the June 7 to July 7 tournament in France, where they also meet Australia and Italy in the group phase. The finalists in 2007 come into the tournament having lost their last nine matches, their worst ever run.
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