PARIS : Brazil are not thinking about their defeats to the United States in previous Olympic women's soccer finals, coach Arthur Elias said ahead of Saturday's gold-medal clash with the four-time champions.
FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Football - Women's Semi-final - Brazil vs Spain - Marseille Stadium, Marseille, France - August 06, 2024. Brazil coach Arthur Elias during the match. REUTERS/Andrew Boyers/File Photo
Brazil, twice silver medallists, will be seeking a maiden Olympic women's title at Parc des Princes where they take on the U.S., who beat them at the 2004 and 2008 Games finals. "We have new ingredients, new things to talk about rather than be thinking about the past. I'm not worried at all about what happened in the past. I feel we are close to our dream coming true and that our players will do their very best.
" are a very talented group. We play against them in the NWSL so we know what they're capable of," she said.
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