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Marta made her 200th cap for Brazil this afternoon (28 July), adding another milestone to her magnificent football career.
Seleção's legendary number 10 captained her side in their 2-1 defeat to Japan at Paris 2024; their second outing of the tournament.
For the 'queen of football', it is set to be her final major tournament with the national team, eyeing an all-elusive gold medal to draw the curtain on a historic 22-year career with her compatriots.
But that dream now hangs in the balance after a dramatic loss, likely needing a win heading into their final game against world champion Spain to advance to the knockout stages.
She has previously won silver medals with Brazil in 2004 and 2008 and is now competing at her sixth and final Games.
The 38-year-old will have a keen eye on the goal-scoring record, too, where she is one away from matching former team-mate Cristiane as the leading scorer in the women's tournament with 14.
Jhennifer scores for Brazil v Japan at Paris 2024.
One thing is for certain - Marta intends on going out of international football with a bang.
As retirement from the national team looms, the trailblazing forward is proving to be an influential figure in their campaign so far.
That curtain-raising win last Thursday (25 July) was almost the dream start but her goal was disallowed after a VAR intervention deemed it offside.
Mere moments later, however, she provided a wonderful pass to the feet of Gabi Nunes, who made no mistake one-on-one to score the only goal of the game.
A stern test against Japan was next for Marta and her team, with the Brazilians coming agonisingly close to securing a second crucial win.
Marta's defence-splitting pass proved the catalyst for the opener as Ludmila set up Jhennifer to break the deadlock, but this clash was far from over.
A late penalty from Saki Kumagai looked to have rescued a point for the Japanese before 19-year-old Momoko Tanikawa's phenomenal strike at the death gave her side a huge win going forward.
This result effectively blows Group C wide open, with Brazil's toughest test still to come.
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