A goal from Adriana in the second minute of the second half gave Brazil success in the friendly match against Italy played at Ferraris in front of over 6,000 fans.
For the girls of Milena Bertolini, who fielded a formation without the big Gama, Girelli, Bartoli and Giugliano, a good performance against a team ahead of the world ranking, the verdeoro are in ninth place, Italy in fifteenth.
Italy and Brazil had not faced each other since 2019, during the French World Cup and also on that occasion it was the South Americans who prevailed thanks to a goal from Marta.
A Brazil that had just returned from the clear success won in Norway, 4-1, just last Friday and from a streak of nine consecutive victories.
And the girls coached by the Swedish coach Sundhage, lined up with a very short 4-4-2 and with a very high defense, showed all their value right from the first minutes, touching the advantage already on 17 'with a close header from Geyse that Giuliani lifted in the corner with a prodigious stroke of the back.
After the danger, the blues raised the center of gravity growing in grit and courage with a 3-5-2 that at times put the opponents in difficulty but discovered the side at the restart of Brazil that in the 28 'touched the goal with Kerolin, ball out thanks also at the desperate exit almost on the edge of the Giuliani.
Three minutes later Italy close to the advantage: Kathellen's mistake that freed Giacinti, but the blue face to face with Leticia had the conclusion rejected.
Not even the time to start the second fraction that came the goal of the host advantage: cross from midfield to snow, blue defense not perfect and Adriana who took advantage of it by overcoming the Durante just entered with a precise conclusion.
Advantage that the Verdeoro legitimized at 23 'with Keroli who at the limit was looking for the intersection but found Durante good at deflecting for a corner.
In the final forcing of the blue with a cross shot by Cantore that Polli in the small area could not deflect into the net.