![]() Marta, now 37 and playing in what will be her sixth and final World Cup, is considered by many – perhaps even most – to be the greatest female footballer of all time. ‘You talk about Pelé, you talk about Marta’īut even if Sissi predicted Marta’s path to the national team, she surely couldn’t have imagined the little girl from that training session would go on to achieve all that she has. ![]() Sissi was at the peak of her powers when a young Marta gave her and her teammates the runaround and says it became evident very quickly – perhaps even as early as that first training session – that the teenager would go on to become a star for Brazil’s women’s national team. That tournament would go on to define her career and Sissi remains a much-loved figure in Brazil for her exploits in the national team’s famous yellow jersey, even thriving under the pressure that came with being handed the No. At the 1999 World Cup in the United States, Sissi earned the Golden Boot for finishing as the tournament’s joint top scorer and her stunning, match-winning free kick against Nigeria in the quarterfinals is one of the all-time great World Cup goals. Stuart Franklin/FIFA/Getty Imagesīut if defending wasn’t Sissi’s strong suit, attacking certainly was. 10, is the greatest women's player of all time and has become an 'icon' Brazil. It was hard for us.”Īs a forward herself, Sissi says she was “glad” she never had to defend a 15-year-old Marta as the defenders “always got pissed” after facing her. She was very special, very fast, very creative, but it was hard. It was almost like, close to the goal, she was always waiting for the defender to come for her to do a different move and sit people on the ground. “Every time we scrimmaged, the girls had to stop her by going hard on her. “Back then, I already knew that she had a gift, and it was hard ,” Sissi tells CNN Sport. ![]() ![]() Out of the thousands of training sessions the former Brazil international took part in over the course of her 13-year career, there is one in particular that stands out.īack in 2000, when Sissi was playing with Rio de Janeiro-based club Vasco da Gama, the team’s Under-15 squad was called up to play in a training match against the seniors.Īmong them was a little forward by the name of Marta Viera da Silva, who nobody initially paid much attention to – until they had to. “You were like: ‘How are we going to stop this girl?’” “The defenders were always mad at her,” Sissi recalls with a chuckle. ![]()
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