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2:1 (1:0)
  • DANIELA (44')
  • MARTA (57')
  • Siri NORDBY (83' PEN)

Referee Kari SEITZ

Summary

Marta designs Norway demise

Marta designs Norway demise

Brazil's impressive race toward the medal rounds continued unabated on Friday night as the Group F winners roared past over Norway 2-1 in Tianjin's last Olympic game thanks to strikes from Daniela and Marta. The South Americans will now face Germany, who beat Sweden in their semi-final. All the early attacking was done by the Brazilians, with Norway keen enough to sit back and try ...

Line-up

BRA
NOR
Substitute(s)
Coaches
Jorge BARCELLOS (BRA)
(NOR) Bjarne BERNTSEN
Officials
  • Referee: Kari SEITZ (USA)
  • Assistant Referee 1: Marlene DUFFY (USA)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Veronica PEREZ (USA)
  • Fourth official: Dianne FERREIRA-JAMES (GUY)

Photos

  • Marta (BRA) celebrates after scoring against Norway at the Olympics Games
  • Marit Fiane Christensen of Norway (R) is consoled by teammate Siri Nordby
  • Tania of Brazil (R) fights for the ball with Solveig Gulbrandsen of Norway
  • Formiga of Brazil (L) and Melissa Wiik of Norway (C) fight for the ball
  • Tania of Brazil (L) is fouled by Ane Strangland Horpest of Norway
  • Brazil's players celebrate scoring
  • Daniela of Brazil leads an attack
  • Ane Stangeland Horpestad of Norway (L) fights for the ball with Daniela of Brazil
  • Brazil played against Norway during the quarter-final clash on 15 August at the Tianjin Olympic Sports Center Stadium.
  • Quotes

    "We had some trouble scoring goals today and we should have scored more than we did, but we'll try to fix this problem in our training sessions before the semi-finals," Brazil coach Jorge Barcellos.

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