Women’s team emulates penalty kicks in training

Women’s team emulates penalty kicks in training


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The Brazilian women’s team is working on the final details before their debut at the Paris Olympics. The technical committee in France is working on the penalty shootout, which is already counting on the possibility that the team will decide its destiny at the final buoy. In the last three days, in fact, the group has improved this aspect. The team is working in the Stehelin, Chaban Delmas and Sainte Germaine stadiums in Bordeaux.

Lorena will be responsible for the Brazilian team’s goal – Photo: Lívia Villas Boas/CBF

So, coach Arthur Elias divides the players into two groups, with different jersey colors. Then they line up in the center of the field to take the penalty kicks. Then they slowly walk towards the penalty area, before shooting. A concrete simulation of the ultimate penalty kick, with all its rituals and tensions.

The teams encourage scouts and goalies. For every goal scored, applause. If a player misses a shot, his teammates welcome him. All of this, of course, under the supervision of Arthur Elias and his subordinates.

“We try to reproduce as faithfully as possible the ‘state of play’, which could be the outcome of a knockout. There is the distance they will travel until the penalty. It is as if it were a mental duel. The count is Of the charges, there are five for each team. In case of a tie, there are substitutes. Therefore, it is important that the athlete, after the first submission, maintains concentration, as the technical assistant Rodrigo Iglesias could ask again.

Brazil is in Group C, along with Spain, Japan and Nigeria. The team will debut on Thursday (25), at 15:00 (Brasilia time), at the Stade de Bordeaux, against the African teams.

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Source: Terra

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