Brazil beat Peru to reach South American Women's U17 semi-finals | OneFootball

The Brazil Women’s U-17 National Team beat Peru 5-0 on Friday night (1) and secured a place in the South American Championship semifinals. In a match played at Ameliano Villeta Stadium in Paraguay, Mari Gigante, Nicolly, and Marcela (2) scored the goals.

Brazil secured qualification with one round to spare. Coached by Rilany Silva, the team sits alone at the top of Group B with nine points. Next come Ecuador (2nd - 5 points), Uruguay (3rd - 4 points), Venezuela (4th - 3 points), and Peru (5th - 1 point).

The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals. The third-placed teams in each group will wait for the losers of the second phase to compete for the final two spots at the World Cup. Meanwhile, the teams that reach the final automatically book their place at the tournament, which will be held in Morocco.

K. Ranifah during the match between Brazil and PeruCredits: Staff Images/CBF

The Canarinho will be back in action on Sunday (3) at 5 p.m. Brasília time at Ameliano Villeta Stadium in Paraguay to face Ecuador. The match will be broadcast live on SporTV.

THE MATCH

Brazil started in control and created good chances from the opening whistle.

Ten minutes into the game, Isa Rech played a great pass to Helena, who found Mari Gigante making her way into the box. Wearing the No. 22 shirt, she struck well to open the scoring.

Brazil continued pushing for another goal to extend the lead. In the 33rd minute, after a neat exchange between the two forwards who play for Flamengo, Pinho set up Nicolly to score the second.

Nicolly scored Brazil’s second goalCredits: Staff Images/CBF

Brazil came back for the second half imposing its style of play once again, and its attacking approach quickly paid off.

Two minutes into the second half, Mari Martins, who had just come on, drove into the box and crossed for Marcela, who got past the Peruvian goalkeeper and found the net.

The No. 18 added two more goals, completing a hat-trick and increasing the Canarinho’s goal difference.

Final score: Brazil 5-0 Peru.

The starting players of the Brazil Women’s U-17 National Team in the match against Peru, valid for the fourth round of the South American group stageCredits: Staff Images/CBF

LINEUP

BRAZIL: Nathy (Loren); Elo (Sophie), K. Ranifah and Isa Rech; Pepê, Helena (Kotait), Indy and Mari G.; Marcela B., Pinho (Lucci), and Nicolly M. (Mari Martins).

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