Readers’ reactions

Jamaica stun Brazil, make first World Cup knockout round

“Amazing! Our Reggae Girlz have sent Brazil home, 18 shots and no goals. Brilliantly played and defended. Rebecca Spencer is a phenomenal goalie! Congratulations again! Jamaica thanks the Girlz for making us proud, with tremendous admiration for what you have achieved in difficult circumstances.” – @MarkJGolding

“The Reggae Girlz have done the impossible. Against all odds. Nice one.” – @Boma_Wills

“Screaming! Jamaica defended like lions. Whoia, three games played. Not a single goal conceded! What a day! This is what you call an Emancipendence present! Thank you #ReggaeGirlz for the inspiration, motivation and resilience!” – @djmillerJA

“Historic! Go #ReggaeGirlz! Jamaica! best in the world!” – @AndrewHolnessJM

“Mi tell uno sey a woman a run tings now. Well done ladies, proud a uno.” – @totoomg

“And to think they did this just by sheer will.” – @_antihater_

“Reggae Girlz pack up Brazil and send dem home. We nah play. Onuh run some funding on the ladies, please and thanks.” – @qveen_savage_131

“The biggest moment in our football history! A huge and heartiest congratulations to the Reggae Girlz, mi glad bag buss! They played with such a big heart, fight for each other, and none of them drop their performances even though Brazil applied relentless pressure on us! We need a holiday for this! The first in our history to qualify for the second round of this competition; and please don’t forget the numerous challenges the Reggae Girlz been through from not have enough practice games, not travelling as a team to the tournament, money issues, etc! They need to be commended! Big up to Reggae Girlz!” – @xavigunnaz

“Their spirits were broken as they received little sponsorship, but God was in the mix. Congrats girls.’ – @godgiftedjackson2020

“Look a weekend now. Big up we star girls. Thanks ladies for this historic Independence gift. We love unuh issy.’ – @ddrw1966

“Hope the Government and corporate Jamaica invest in the women’s football now and stop jump on the bandwagon. ‘Cause watch everyone a them a go come now. #GoGirlz!” – @lando.chong

“Hey, unuh big up Cedella Marley, she stuck with them through thick and thin.” – @marmorazd7440

“Our girls did it. Show them all the love and support because they need it and they deserve [it], so don’t stop congratulating them. Please let them know how much we love and support them; and lots of love to Ms Marley and the parents for supporting and believing [in] them. We need to support our girls more,e just like how all the other countries support their woman football teams; lots of love to my girls.” – @shadenecampbell

“I am so proud of the girls. They did put up a good fight. The captain, wow, she did not abandon the ship; if it was going down, she had to be there to see everyone off before she leaves. Congratulation ladies.” – Eeda Burris

– Readers’ reactions sourced from The Gleaner’s X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and Facebook pages. Compiled by Khanique McDaniel.