Women’s Panama leaves good feelings and growth, despite the loss to Brazil

Panama made his long-awaited and historic debut in Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand 2023and despite losing 4-0 against BrazilThe Central Americans left good feelings for the next match, against Jamaica.

Apart from the result against Brazil, it must be seen that, despite the distance between the two teams, the Panamanians knew how to play the second half well and deal with that bad result, which could have been worse, the former national team member told Panama and the historic scorer of Panamanian women’s football, Amarelis De Mera.

“It’s not easy to keep that result for a long time, I think they did well to (be) at the World Cup for the first time and now it’s time to continue and improve for the next games,” he said. From Mera.

Now panama dThey will have to face Jamaica this Saturday, both Concacaf teams and those in Group F of the World Cup, in their second match of the tournament.

“Jamaica That’s the team to beat, that’s our equaliser. We have to deal with it well and play our game. They are only in their third World Cup, we have a bit of parity on that side and we can handle that game better,” said De Mera.

About women’s football Panama, De Mera took the opportunity and pointed out that the Panama League is growing.

“We have a league that is barely growing, that is developing and we cannot compare it to the levels that are played in Brazil, which has a fairly advanced league. Moreover, Brazilian players – mostly – play in different European countries and this has a lot of influence, because they have a different idea of ​​the game,” the Panamanian shooter stressed.’

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goals of the Brazilian player Ary Borges in the match against Panama.

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times in a row, Brazil was present at the World Cup and is playing for the ninth time.

For his part, the Argentine Victor Suarez, The former Panama women’s coach put aside the big result against the Brazilians and focused on seeing the positives of the Panamanian team in their World Cup debut.

“In the match, despite the result, we saw a Panama Totally different, growing with the little we have in the League, but the positive in all this is that there is very important growth in all fields,” he said.

The current coach of the U-17 Panamanian national team pointed out that many are focusing on the defeat against Brazil, but Brazil is a world power and among the top 8 in the ranking FIFA.

“Apart from the results (…) I am satisfied with what was shown on the field,” he said.

The former soccer player pointed out that all of this contributes to the growth of the girls and that these experiences are a pillar of the players’ development.