Marta Statue Unveiled In Brazil Museum As Spanish Referees Threaten To Halt League Opener
Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji
The statue of Brazilian women’s football legend, Marta has been unveiled at the Brazil museum of football in Rio de Janeiro.
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A statue of Marta has been inaugurated at the Brazil Football Federation (CBF) headquarters.
“I used to be stunning, however the most necessary is the tribute that’s given to my individual, however usually, to girls’s soccer. It is a place that’s more and more inclusive and we’re pleased that Casa do Futebol Brasileiro is setting an instance. My toes aren’t the solely ones on the Meraka Walk of Fame similar to this statue shouldn’t be the just one”, Marta commented.
The piece was the work of greater than 25 London artisans, who additionally make statues at Madame Tussauds, the world’s most well-known wax museum based in England in the nineteenth century and with branches in lots of cities around the world.
Weighing 30 kg and life-size, Marta’s statue pays a becoming tribute to football best women idol.
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Marta was present at the unveiling of the statue, which was additionally attended by team coach Piya Sundhage.
Men’s team coach, Tite, attended the inauguration alongside the technical team.
Marta has already been voted the women’s best player of the year in the world on six occasions, the most by any Brazilian footballer.
She remains the highest scorer in the history of the Brazilian team, the highest scorer in the Olympic Games and at the World Cup.
Meanwhile…
The referees and assistant referees of the Women’s First Division have communicated their unanimous decision not to direct any match of the First Division National Championship in the current conditions of uncertainty of their employment and economic situation.
This was confirmed in an official statement from the referees and assistant referees of the Women’s First Division.
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“In the context of a new professional competition, we believe that women’s arbitration must have minimum conditions for the exercise of our activity within the professional competition. It is not conceivable that the arbitral establishment is the only one that remains on the sidelines of a growth that we consider to be just as necessary.
“We referees want to provide the best possible service to football and this necessarily involves having minimum working conditions comparable to those of the refereeing establishment in professional men’s competition, which implies being able to have comparable working conditions that allow us to dedicate the necessary time that is essential that requires being in a professional competition. We are looking forward to stepping on the pitch again, but with the right conditions.” The statement read.
The 2022/2023 Spanish Primera Iberdrola season is expected to kick off this weekend but this development has put the kick-off in a dicey condition.
In a related development, a decision will be made today to decide on whether to hold the upcoming Barclays English FA Women’s Super League (WSL), round one of the new season this weekend due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II who died yesterday.
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