OneFootball VideosFive years later and almost 500 miles south, the cameras panned to Marta once more. Seven days earlier it had looked as if Marta’s dazzling international career had come to a heartbreaking end at 201 caps. Brazil impressed in the semi-final, outplaying a team who were many people’s favourites to win the tournament. The visible fatigue and growing list of casualties have raised questions once more about how the Olympic tournament should look. Fairytales rarely happen in football but in this encounter there is a chance for two perfect scripts to be written.
