Whereas this summer season's Euro 2025 was marked by file attendances, a easy operation and memorable performances capped by England's triumph, the ladies's Copa America has suffered compared.
As Brazil and Colombia put together for Sunday's closing, the event in Ecuador has are available for criticism for poor organisation, low attendances and below-par refereeing.
With Brazil internet hosting the 2027 World Cup, it was hoped Conmebol would increase its recreation, and requirements, for the Copa America Femenina after related issues on the Copa Libertadores Femenina in Paraguay.
Brazil legend and six-time Fifa Participant of the 12 months Marta has been vocal in her criticism, questioning organisers for making groups heat up in confined indoor areas slightly than on the pitch.
Photos unfold on social media, earlier than her nation's dominant Group B win over Bolivia, of gamers from each groups warming up aspect by aspect in a confined space on the Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda Stadium.
The measure was taken to forestall harm to the pitch, which hosted two matches in a day through the group stage, and left the 39-year-old Marta – who retired after the Olympics final yr – “saddened by these circumstances”.
Manchester Metropolis's Brazil ahead Kerolin mirrored on the distinction with the Euros as she wrote on her X account: “Whereas on the Euros they're breaking information in expertise, we're warming up in a room with a most of 20 sq. metres, smelling of paint.”
