Just Call AA…

A Group F interview with the Brazil forward, a league champion with Roma and bound for Houston Dash, as she prepares for a third World Cup. Alves, 30, scored the 93rd-minute equaliser at Wembley in April’s Finalissima against England before Brazil lost the shootout. She recalls 2015 in Canada as a dream come true for her and her family, and says the emotion only increases with each tournament, there being no competition more important. Where previous Brazil squads met teams more structurally prepared than they were, she believes this one has a very good attack and players in form at their clubs. She names Ary Borges, Kerolin, Marta and Debinha among the squad’s biggest characters.