Os impactos da pandemia do Covid-19 no futebol feminino de Alagoas

Abstract

The pandemic period experienced by the world since November 2019 is caused by COVID-19, a disease resulting from a strong and contagious respiratory outbreak that emerged in China. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Also in March 2020, the stoppage of any and all sports activities carried out in person was decreed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This virus radically changed the way of life that the world was used to, generating several impacts on world society. For this reason, the research aimed to identify the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Women's Football in Alagoas from the perspective of the athletes who are part of the finalist teams of the 2021 Copa Rainha Marta. descriptive, qualitative method. The studied group was composed of 20 athletes of the Women's Soccer of Alagoas belonging to the two teams, and the collection instrument used was a semi-structured interview. For the interpretation of the results obtained, categories were created a posteriori that emerged according to the common points found in the athletes' speeches. The results of this study indicate that women's football in Alagoas suffered negative impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, among the main impacts identified are those of motivational, physiological, emotional and financial aspects. And with these results, we want to contribute with information that improves sports practice for women who dream of becoming professional soccer players in Alagoas.