The Copper Queens have been eliminated from the games after going down to a solitary goal against the South Americans
Zambia’s journey at the Tokyo Olympic Games came to an end after a 1-0 defeat against Brazil in their final group match at Saitama Stadium on Tuesday.
It was Alves Andressa’s goal from a well-taken free-kick in the 19th minute that ended Zambia’s stay in Tokyo after they had earlier lost goalkeeper Hazel Nali to injury and key defender Lushomo Mweemba to a straight red card.
After losing their opener and drawing the second, the Copper Queens went into the Group F fixture seeking victory to match the South American giants on four points and go through to the quarter-finals on head-to-head rule while hoping for China not to collect maximum points from leaders Netherlands.