Jamaica won its first qualification for the knockout stages of a Women’s World Cup, at the expense of star Marta’s Brazil, eliminated after this new poor performance, Wednesday in Melbourne (0-0). The Reggae girlz, with one victory and two draws (5 pts), finished second in group F, behind France (7 pts). For their second participation in a World Cup, they managed the feat of eliminating regulars from the final table, the Brazilians, who had not experienced such an early exit since 1995.
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