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Miami: Brazil's six-time World Player of the Year Marta made her return to action after a lengthy injury absence and promptly created the winning goal as Brazil beat Japan 1-0 in the SheBelieves Cup on Thursday.

Korea Republic, meanwhile, suffered a 4-0 defeat to England in the Arnold Clark Cup while China PR were beaten 4-1 by Sweden with the teams using the friendlies to prepare for the upcoming FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023.

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Japan 0-1 Brazil

The game was played at Orlando's Exploria Stadium and Brazil's Swedish coach Pia Sundhage threw on Marta as an 68th minute substitute in the opening game of the four-team tournament.

The 36-year-old took just four minutes to make her impact. .....

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