BRAZILIAN legend Marta left the football pitch in tears as her career with the national team most likely ended on a sad note.
A red card in a 2-0 defeat to Spain in the group final at the Olympic Games may be the end of the 38-year-old’s illustrious international career.
Although Brazil finished third in their group and qualified for the quarter-finals of the Olympic tournament, Marta is likely to be suspended for at least two matches after getting a straight red card against Spain and would therefore not be available to her team again until the final at the earliest.
The striker was completely distraught after her red card.
She left the pitch in tears in the dying minutes of the first half after being shown the red card for a high kick on Spain’s Olga Cardona more appropriate to a tatami than a football pitch. — dpa
