Players and staff join youth ranks and senior side in Itu | OneFootball

The first day of training for the Senior Women’s National Team in Itu, in the countryside of São Paulo, featured coach Arthur Elias’s already familiar style of man-to-man marking, but in a different setup. With the participation of youth team coaches Camilla Orlando and Bia Vaz, the players were initially divided into three groups for more individualized monitoring and feedback on and off the field.

The opportunity to train with the Under-20 and Under-17 staffs was one of the advantages of holding a call-up outside the FIFA international window, Arthur explained. “The schedule is tight and there are many commitments; every year there is a South American championship and a World Cup for both categories. Their participation was very helpful for the planning and execution of today’s training session. It is an important moment of integration with the group,” he highlighted.

In addition to Camilla Orlando, who has just returned from a series of three friendlies in Portugal with the Under-20 team, and Bia Vaz, assistant coach of the Under-17s and head coach of the Under-15s, other members of the Youth National Teams are also in Itu. This is the case of the Youth Categories manager, Gabriel Mastrodomenico; the Under-20 assistant coach, Guilherme Giudice; and the Under-20 performance analyst, Matheus Junio.

“It is a moment of a lot of exchange and learning. Understanding more and more Arthur’s style of play, the staff’s work, and the preparation of the training session. We will try to learn a little bit to take whatever fits and is possible to the World Cup,” Camilla said, referring to the category’s main tournament, which will be held in Poland from September 5 to 27.

Bia Vaz, meanwhile, intends to put those lessons into practice as early as this week. Between Wednesday the 17th and next Tuesday the 23rd, the coach will be with the Under-15 National Team at Granja Comary, preparing for Liga Evolución, which will also be played in September in Paraguay.

Players take part in training in Itu (SP)Credits: Luciana Vermell/CBF

“In the meetings, we have the opportunity to listen to what the coaches share, how they think about the game, how they divide the information and pass it on to the players. And now we have this practical moment of hearing the feedback, understanding the energy they bring and the information that moves from the tactics board onto the field,” Bia noted.

Among the 29 players taking part in the five days of evaluations in Itu, the younger ones predominate—experienced in the youth setup, but newcomers to the senior team. Of the entire squad, only 11 have been called up more than five times by the coach. Five are first-timers: Nicole, Tayla, Serrana, Andressa Alves, and Clarinha. Bringing together the newcomers with more established names, such as Adriana, in her 13th call-up; Antonia, in her 12th; and Isa Haas, in her 11th, was only possible thanks to the clubs’ release of the players, Arthur said in thanks.

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