Tamires on Brazil women's defeat and her hopes for the 2027 World Cup

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·5 March 2026

Tamires on Brazil women's defeat and her hopes for the 2027 World Cup

By Henrique Pereira / Central do Timão Editorial Team

The Brazil Women’s National Team was defeated by the Venezuela Women’s National Team 2-1 on Wednesday night, in a friendly match held at the Mexican National Team Training Center, located in Toluca. Corinthians had five athletes involved in the match.

Among the Brazilians, Gabi Zanotti and Ana Vitória started the match as starters. Tamires and Jaqueline came on in the second half, with the latter scoring Brazil’s only goal in the game. On the Venezuelan side, Dayana Rodríguez played from the start and stayed on the field for the entire match.

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The match had to be interrupted around the 30th minute of the second half due to lightning and heavy rain in the area. The stoppage lasted about 40 minutes. When play resumed, Brazil managed to react with a goal from Jaqueline, but could not find the equalizer.

After the final whistle, Tamires analyzed the team’s performance and commented on their attitude after the interruption: “In my view, we had already started winning more duels and improving in the game even before the stoppage. We went to the locker room with the same drive, because we know our capabilities. When we come together, we become even stronger. So, we helped each other at all times, encouraging each other to turn the situation around.”

“It’s a very different situation (the stoppage) for most players, not so much for those who play in the United States, where this happens frequently, but for us it was a bit new. The girls who had already experienced this shared a bit about how it happens,” the fullback continued.

She also spoke about the conversation with coach Arthur Elias during the stoppage and the strategy for resuming the game: “But we stayed active, Arthur was talking to us the whole time. We said we would have to go for one goal at a time, not come back thinking about victory right away. We had to go after it, with drive, to play a different game, and I think we managed to fulfill that plan. Unfortunately, the referee ended up reducing the time we had, but I think this new approach Brazil took was very positive considering how complicated the day was for us,” she concluded.

The Brazilian team is playing a series of friendlies across Latin America. Last Friday, the team led by Arthur Elias beat the Costa Rica Women’s National Team 5-2 in a match held in the city of Alajuela. The series of games will end next Saturday, when Brazil will face the Mexico Women’s National Team.

At the press conference, Tamires also commented on what she expects from the team’s next challenge: “I expect a very tough, highly competitive game, which will bring us new adversities and challenges, and we as athletes have to be prepared, because we won’t have much time to prepare. We have to switch gears very quickly. And that has to be in our minds as athletes, in our preparation. What happened today was tough, it’s painful for us. We have to understand how to improve and now focus entirely on Mexico. We have to play a better game and show how much Brazil is capable of winning and winning well,” the player said.

Currently, the Mexican team is ranked 29th in the FIFA rankings, while Brazil is in sixth place. Among the main names in the Mexican team is forward Jacqueline Ovalle, who left Tigres UANL Femenil to join Orlando Pride in August last year, in a transfer worth 1.3 million euros—a record amount for women’s football at the time.

Tamires also commented on the Mexican player and the evolution of women’s football on the world stage: “I know her, I saw a spectacular goal she scored last year, she got the opportunity to be at Orlando, and played well last year too. But I think, besides her, there are other players who are certainly very good, very competitive. Women’s football is growing worldwide. So, we always have to be alert and keep up with this growth as well.”

The Corinthians fullback recently returned to wearing the National Team jersey. Her last call-up was for the Paris 2024 Olympics. After the tournament, she underwent surgery to treat an external ligament issue in the syndesmosis of her right ankle, which kept her off the field for seven months.

After recovery and the process of physiotherapy and physical readaptation, Tamires regained her match fitness and was called up again to represent Brazil.

Her presence in the National Team also increases the possibility of participating in the 2027 Women’s World Cup, which will be held in Brazil. The opening of the tournament could even take place at the Neo Química Arena. The player highlighted the importance of the country hosting the competition.

“Wow, it’s very special. We have a unique opportunity, not only to help women’s football grow, but to give more opportunities to the girls coming up. This will be very significant—the fans in the stadium, being able to watch women’s football up close, bringing more female role models, not just athletes, but also referees, coaches. I think we have a lot to grow and evolve, to show women’s football as a real product,” Tamires commented.

“I’m very excited, very anxious. There’s a bit of focus on the men’s World Cup now, but right after, it’s all about the women’s, because it took a lot of work, it was very hard to get where we are. We deserve to reap good rewards, to have another historic World Cup. It’s another opportunity to boost women’s football worldwide,” she concluded.

The next match for the Brazil Women’s National Team will be precisely against Mexico. The match is scheduled for Saturday, at 8 p.m., at Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, in Mexico City.

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