Players are leaving the Brazilian national team after Emily Lima’s resignation

After ten months in charge of the Women’s soccer team, the coach Emily Lima37 years old, the first woman to lead the team, was fired by the board of Brazilian Football Commission (CBF)🇧🇷 The coach’s sudden resignation led to the departure of five other members of the team.

the attacker Cristiane Rozeira32 years old, sidelines Maurine Dornele31 years old, and Rosana Augusto35 years old, driving Fran Alberto27 years old, and the defender Andreia Rosa33 years, decided to leave the Brazilian soccer team as a way of protesting the CBF’s decision to fire Emily. Until then, a technician from the team that had 60% utilization in friendlies played in the last 10 months.

The first athlete to announce her departure from the selection was the attacker, through a video published on her social networks. In it, Cristiane says that I saw no other alternative given the scenario imposed by the CBF and that this was the hardest decision to be taken in the career, since it dreamed of playing its last Copa America🇧🇷 Olympics and world Cup🇧🇷

🇧🇷My dream was to put a gold medal on his chest, lift a world champion trophy and help the modality in some way (…) If I couldn’t do that in these 17 years as an athlete, I hope I can contribute as a former athlete”, he says.

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Afterwards, it was Fran’s turn to expose her dissatisfaction with the dismissal Emily’s suddenness and with the rehiring of the former technical commission🇧🇷 “I want to thank all the people who cheered and cheered for my work. And I hope that whoever stays [na Seleção]reap good fruits, if it’s still possible🇧🇷

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The indignation of the two athletes was shared by Rosana, who also commented on the CBF contempt in relation to players appeal for the coach to remain in office. “I feel that athletes have no voiceand want to expose a point of view messes with vanity and ego of many”, said the side that currently plays for Corinthians in their profiles on social networks.

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For Andreia, the team’s fourth casualty, it was also no different. “I was in the national team for 7 years and saw a lot of things happen. and many times we didn’t have the strength or courage to speak out of fear that we are no longer invited. Today, with my chest open, I come to say that we need to put people who dream and believe in women’s football and not simply that they are there for the sake of being.” The defender also told CLAUDIA that she decided to “demonstrate in search of equal rights🇧🇷 respect is best structure for women’s football for future generations”.

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Maurine, for now, is the last athlete to leave the national team. Her decision was made for many reasons. One of the reasons was the tiredness and the departure of the former coach – a “person who worked a lot and I really liked her work”, as she described in a video posted on her Instagram.

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spontaneous union

CLAUDIA, the side Rosana and Maurine tell that nothing was planned among the athletes. “Simply we share the same idea under the circumstances that were put on for us”, says Rosana, an athlete who plays for Corinthians and who has defended the yellow-green shirt for 18 years. “Nothing was arranged. Each one left because didn’t feel good“, completes Maurine.

The circumstance to which Rosana refers, in addition to all lack of investment in the sportand the impossibility of completing the cycle with Emily Lima🇧🇷 Maurine agrees. “THE selection is always new and, therefore, there is never enough time to continue work”, comments the Santos player, who regrets the short time of work of the former coach.

“I believe Emily was fired because she liked correct things and fought for the modality within the CBF, she fought for us. The CBF doesn’t like anyone who goes head-to-head, the same thing happened with Renê Simões”, Andreia told CLAUDIA. “Maybe too for being a woman🇧🇷 the first woman in the Brazilian national team in 30 years since the modality began to play official games and championships”, conjectures the defender.

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Priority to women’s football

With Emily’s cycle broken, who resumes the position is coach Oswaldo Fumeiro Alvarez, the badass🇧🇷 The coach is an old acquaintance of the national team. He coached the team between April 2014 and November 2016 – when he was fired by decision of the president of the CBF Marco Polo Del Nero.

The technician’s return to the old commission provoked questions🇧🇷 “Now, returns a commission that already had the opportunity🇧🇷 We don’t understand the why, then, not give more time to Emily’s commission?”, asked Rosanna. “All other commissions that passed [pela seleção] they had a lot of time to work. They had a whole cycle. She didn’t even get a chance. Why was she a woman?“, asks Cristiane in her video.

For Rosana, it is important to remember that women’s football as a whole needs to be thought and prioritized by those who command it. 🇧🇷The selection passes, the people who compose it pass, what does not pass is the modality🇧🇷