Brazil has appealed FIFA’s determination to droop Marta for 2 matches after her pink card within the group stage of the ladies’s soccer match on the Paris Olympics.
Brazil is about to face World Cup champion Spain in a semifinal match in Marseille on Tuesday.
Marta sat out Brazil’s 1-0 quarterfinal victory over host France after she obtained a pink card in her group’s group finale in opposition to Spain for a foul on Olga Carmona.
The pink card was an emotional blow to Marta, the group captain and a six-time world participant of the 12 months, who has mentioned that is her remaining worldwide match with the group.
FIFA’s disciplinary committee later decided the foul merited a two-match suspension. The Brazilian soccer federation introduced late Sunday it was interesting the choice.
“Marta has an impeccable document of respecting the principles of the game and honest play, being a world reference within the sport for a number of generations for every little thing she has achieved on and off the sector,” the federation mentioned in an announcement.
The 38-year-old Marta is enjoying in her sixth Olympics. She watched Brazil’s quarterfinal victory from the stands.
Even when Brazil loses to Spain within the semifinals, Marta will nonetheless have an opportunity to play within the bronze medal match set for Friday in Lyon. A Brazilian victory will ship the group to the gold medal recreation in Paris on Saturday.
Brazil has a pair of silver medals within the Olympics, most just lately in 2008.
Spain defeated Brazil 2-0 within the group stage. The Spanish, enjoying of their first Olympics, had been vying to turn out to be the primary group to win a gold medal after successful a Girls’s World Cup.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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