With the help of With its star player Marta, the Brazilian women's national team recovered three times to snatch the title of champions of the 2025 Copa América Femenina from Colombia on penalties and thus reaffirm its dominance by being crowned for the ninth time in the history of this competition.

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Colombia unfortunately was left wanting to break the dominance of the Amazonian team, but in the end its lack of cunning and experience could not overcome the talent and sensitivity of the legendary Marta who with two goals had put Brazil on the path to an incredible victory.

It is true that the Colombian team did not give up either and when Brazil had turned the score around in extra time and managed to score a goal in the 115th minute through Leicy Santos that sent the game to penalties and where in a series of alternatives the Brazilian team ended up imposing themselves with a score of 5-4.

In this way the title of Brazil put the golden seal on the contest that took place in Ecuador and where Colombia demonstrated its football growth, while Brazil achieved the title for the ninth time practically stealing the crown from the Colombians with one of the two goals scored by Marta in the agonizing minute 90 + 6.

That is to say that in the last action of The legend of Brazilian women's football appeared throughout the resounding ninety minutes to inspire her team to a heroic comeback that added spice to the final game.

Without a doubt, Brazil once again demonstrated why it is the undisputed powerhouse of women's football in South America by being crowned champions of the 2025 Copa América Femenina, adding its ninth title in the history of the tournament.

With the victory, the 'canarinha' has been crowned in 9 of the 10 editions played,2006 being the only time the title slipped through their fingers in a display of absolute dominance that reaffirmed their success on the continent.

The match

The Colombians and Brazilians arrived at the final duel as they did in the last final, but with the only small difference that Colombia arrived with a thirst for revenge, determined to change history and prevent the Amazonians from being crowned for the ninth time in the ten competitions that have been held.

For that reason, the Colombian team came out with everything to attack supported by its offensive trident made up of Mayra Ramirez, Linda Caicedo and Valerin Loboa, to try to put pressure on a Brazilian team that tried to take the pressure off Colombia with its classic defensive back-and-forth style and controlled ball control.

Even the Verdeamarelho team focused its interest on surrounding Linda Caicedo with the intention of taking away the circuits of the members of the tricolor team, but the Chelsea player came out on a good day and was always ready to cause damage.

Colombia showed superiority in attack and was closer to opening the scoring than the 'Canarinhas'. Chelsea's forward had several clear chances, but lacked good aim. They always beat Brazil's marking and generated a lot of danger in the opponent's area.

This is how Caicedo managed to open the scoring in the 26th minute after a play with several touches that Linda ended up finishing off to put Colombia ahead 1-0 and ignite the hope of a planned rematch.

But Brazil did not sweat their tempers before time, but instead they controlled the game, controlling the Colombian attacks and when the first half was ending they managed to tie the game through a penalty shot that Jorelyn Carabal converted to make the score 1-1 in the 45+9 minute.

Duel of somersaults

For the second half, Brazil was the one that took the course of the actions and took advantage of the fact that the selection directed by Angelo Marsiglia to generate danger in the Colombian goal, but the coffee growers reacted immediately to regain control in the scoreboard 2-1 in the 69th minute when in an error by Tarciane that returned the ball to goalkeeper Lorena and she let the ball escape to the back of the net.

Colombia knew that if they controlled the Brazilian advances they would have many options to take the victory, but Brazil is a tough team to crack and in the 79th minute they achieved a 2-2 tie through Amanda Gutierres.

With the score tied and eleven minutes left to play, both teams sent their legends like Catalina Usme for the Colombians and Marta for the Amazonians as best they could be their last Copa América in their brilliant careers.

Thus Colombia took control of the match again with a play between Caicedo and Mayra Ramirez to take a 3-2 lead in the 88th minute and almost achieve glory, but they didn't count on the legendary Marta appearing in the 90+6 minute to make it 3-3 with a mid-range shot and send the game into overtime.

Marta appeared again with the fourth goal in the 105th minute that put the score at 3-4, putting Brazil on the path to their ninth title, but ten minutes later Leicy Santos scored a gem of a goal with a free kick and made it 4-4 to go to penalties.

The penalties of the title

It was precisely in the penalties that Brazil ended imposing in sudden death with successful shots by Amanda Gutierres, Mariza, Johnson and the winning shot by Luany, while for Colombia Catalina Usme, Marcela Restrepo, Linda Caicedo and Wendy Bonilla scored, but Manuela Pavi, Leicy Santos and Jorelyn Caravali missed.

It should be noted that figures such as Marta and Santos missed their shots, but in the end Colombia was more affected by it, which once again was left empty-handed.