The state of São Paulo is the protagonist in the first edition of the TV Brasil Petrobras Para Elas Award. The event that recognizes the highlights of Brazilian women's football this year takes place on Sunday (15), starting at 7pm (Brasília time), at the Football Museum, in the capital of São Paulo. TV Brasil broadcasts the ceremony free-to-air and on the public broadcaster's YouTube channel.
The award has 14 categories, two of which are aimed at clubs (Best Women's Football Department and Women's Football Against Femicide) and 12 are individual. In total, there are 46 finalists from 15 teams.
São Paulo football leads the nominations. There are 26, including athletes and the clubs themselves. São Paulo, the current Brazilian champion, is the highlight, with 11 names competing for individual awards, in addition to Tricolor competing for the position of Best Women's Football Department.
The Soberanas have midfielder Duda Serrana as a finalist for the Best Player award, striker Isa is a candidate for Revelation Player and Thiago Viana is in the fight for the position of Best Coach. The club can still have eight athletes in the Team of the Season: Carlinha (goalkeeper), Bruna Calderan (right-back), Bia Menezes (left-back), Tayla and Carol Gil (defenders); Aline Milene and Robinha (midfielders) and Giovanna Crivelari (strikers).
Corinthians, with seven finalists, appears right behind. The Brazilian runners-up have Vic Albuquerque's great goal in the 1-0 victory over Cruzeiro, at Independência, in Belo Horizonte, in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the competition, competing in the category of most beautiful goal of the year. Full-backs Gi Fernandes (right) and Tamires (left), defender Thais Ferreira, midfielder Duda Sampaio and attackers Jhonson and Gabi Zanotti compete for places in the Team of the Season.
Palmeiras is a finalist in the Best Women's Football Department category and has four nominations for the Team of the Season: full-backs Fe Palermo (right) and Raissa Bahia (left), defender Pati Maldaner and forward Taina Maranhão. Ferroviária is represented in the Craque da Torcida competition, with midfielder Micaelly. Santos has striker Evelin Bonifácio running for Newcomer Player.
Among clubs from other states, Bahia is the one that attracts attention. There are six nominations: Best Women's Football Department, Women's Football Against Feminicide, Best Coach (Felipe Freitas), Best midfielders (Raquel Domingues), Best Goalkeeper and Best Player (both Yanne).
Another finalist athlete in two categories is Marília, from Cruzeiro, Yanne's rival for player of the year and candidate for Team of the Season among forwards. The Cabulosas are also represented in the Most Beautiful Goal dispute, with midfielder Pri Back, who found the net in the 3-2 victory over Corinthians, at Arena do Jacaré, in Sete Lagoas (MG), in the 11th round of the Brazilian Championship.
Flamengo is one more with three finalists: defender Núbia and midfielder Djeni, in their respective positions, for the Team of the Season; and midfielder Kaylane among the revelations. The red-and-black opponent in the final of the Brazilian Women's Cup, Internacional has attacking midfielder Darlene competing for Craque da Torcida and the club itself in the running for the Women's Football Against Feminicide award.
The other five clubs represented in this Sunday's awards are América-MG (Sandy candidate for Best Goalkeeper), Atlético-MG (Fabi Guedes competing for Best Coach), Botafogo (Women's Football Against Feminicide), Grêmio (Camila Pini, midfielder, as Most Beautiful Goal) and Juventude (Limpia Fretes, right-back, finalist for Craque da Torcida).
The only category with a known winner is Top Scorer of the Season based on the numbers of athletes competing in the three national divisions (A1, A2 and A3) and the Copa do Brasil. Paraguayan striker Lourdes González, from Vasco, was the player with the most goals scored in the year: 15, all in the promotion and title campaign of Meninas da Colina in the Brasileirão A2.
