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On Sunday night (16), Corinthians returned to the field for the Paulista Women's Championship. In a match valid for the 14th and final round of the state tournament's first phase, the Brabas hosted Realidade Jovem at Estádio José Liberatti, in Osasco, and in a calm game won 3-0. The goals for the black-and-white team were scored by midfielder Letícia Monteiro and forwards Ivana Fuso and Eudimilla.

Ivana spoke to the press right after the match. In the mixed zone, she talked a bit about her adaptation to Brazil: “As I said last time, it was step by step. I think the adaptation is a bit difficult for me. Really, there are a lot of different things, but I am adapting. So, it's a process over time, as you already mentioned, there will be more minutes, I'll play more. Because I also arrived in the middle of the year, so it's even more complicated. But, yeah, I'm taking every opportunity and I'm very happy too.”

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She also reiterated that she can play in various positions on the field, depending on the circumstances of the game. “There are some teams that just stay back, right? They don’t press, so I prefer, in that aspect, to come from behind, like a defensive midfielder. But, in a game like this, I like to attack more, play further forward. But really my role is as a number 10, sometimes also as a forward. I can also play on the left. But wherever I play, it doesn't matter. I just want to play and that's it,” she emphasized.

Ivana described the feeling of scoring again against Realidade: “It's a good feeling. You gain more confidence, especially since I was out for a long time. I'm building more confidence, so it's good to score in any game. I'm more about making assists than scoring goals. Of course, sometimes it's good to score, but I have more expectations to make more assists. And, of course, I'm very happy because against Realidade Jovem it was my first game. And then it was a cool and unique feeling, right, and it was a good start. I'm happy.”

She also looked ahead to the matches against São Paulo in the Paulista semifinal. “It's good to play against them and it will be a good semifinal. We lost to them in the Copa do Brasil. And it's really tough when you lose and the other celebrates, right, it hurts sometimes. So we have to have that revenge, right, but I hope it's a good semifinal. We're going to work really hard for this and I'm really looking forward to facing São Paulo,” she said.

The forward continued on the topic: “We've already shown what we're capable of, right, we won 3-1 against them at home, so we know the quality we have. Now it's about focusing on the semifinal and putting everything on the field, we're going to prepare and train for that. After that, we'll be ready and the goal is to reach the final, so we're going to do everything for that.”

The player also spoke a bit about the differences between Brazilian and English football, where she played before coming to Corinthians: “There in England you only play on Sundays, sometimes on Wednesdays. And also the intensity, over there it's much more about running than playing, here it's more about ball at your feet. The pitches help a lot there… the ball rolls, here you make a pass and the ball bounces, goes slow. If we played on better fields, we would play with intensity, with quality, and it would also be a more intense game.”

Ivana continued on the subject, highlighting the difference in infrastructure. “In England we have the same as the men, Corinthians has that, it's very good, but for other teams, like Realidade Jovem, they don't have it. There, everyone is on a (similar) level. I hope Brazil wakes up a bit, because that would help the Brazilian National Team, the girls, everyone to get to the top and help our country evolve,” she stated.

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