Brazil will be hoping to make it to the later stages of this year's Women's World Cup, so I see this first group match against Panama as a great opportunity for the team to score a lot of goals and build a strong trend.
Brazil has always been a good team to watch, and like Spain and Japan, they like to attack their opponents with a constant flow of passes, so I expect Panama to use up a lot of energy trying to press and stay close to their opponents.
I'm really looking forward to seeing Mada, who holds the record for goals in a Women's World Cup final week with 17, as this will be her last tournament if nothing else. She's scored in every tournament since 2003 and I think she's still one of the best goal scorers in the game today.
Another Brazilian striker, Debina, is also a top player. She has the ability to get away from opposing defenders and score goals, so she has a chance to shine in this tournament. As for the former Arsenal defender, Rafael Rafaeli, she is also very good at the back. Starting from the goalkeeper to every position, Brazil has a lot of good players, so Panama will be in a difficult situation this time.
Panama will need to keep it close and play a lot of defense, but their prospects aren't good as they recently lost friendly matches against Spain and Japan, 0-7 and 0-5 respectively.
