Football in Brazil is seen as a masculine sport, even with a lot of people accepting the female sport.

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• Marta:

  Clearly, those of us women who play football wish that there was more coverage. But it's one of tho

• Marta:

  One of our problems is the culture of Brazil which focuses on men's football. Of course we would li

• Marta:

  I play football in training all the time with my male friends, who are also professionals. But play

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• Marta:

  When I started playing, there were no teams and no structure, so I had to play with the boys. I get

• Marta:

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• Marta:

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• Marta:

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