Emily Lima's analysis of women's football in Peru: "There is an evolution."

Lima, who participated in a press conference from La Videna, began by affirming her level of demand regarding the areas of improvement of her team and her knowledge about the Ecuadorian national team. She also indicated that these commitments will be key to evaluate the progress of the Blanquirroja.

"I am very demanding in what we need to improve. We know a lot about Ecuador, our next opponent because we have worked there. It is an important match for our process towards where we want to go," said the coach.

He also provided an explanation about the reasons why women's football in our country lagged behind: "The deficiency comes from the country's culture, starting women's football very late and that is not only in Peru. In South American countries, we have this deficiency."

"We have to take the example that was not so good within a cultural reality and what we are proposing today. It is not just entering the field and playing football. There are a lot of factors that make the result not come out," she added.

She also stated that they will go for the goal they have set, although she stressed that it will require a great effort and dedication: "The data we bring from each footballer is to know where we are and where we are going. The work is looking at objectives ahead, each year will be an improvement and that is what we are looking for. We are still far from the high level."

Finally, she highlighted her experience in the finals of the Women's League between Alianza Lima and Universitario, with the crowning of the cremas, and revealed that it was a unique episode in her coaching career: "There were 70 thousand people putting together both finals. For me, it is something I never experienced in football and I am experiencing it in Peru. I lived the best moment of my life as a coach in Peru. Women's football does exist here. There is an evolution."

She began her career as a footballer, playing for clubs like Sao Paulo and Napoli. After hanging up her boots, she studied in Spain to develop women's football projects in her native Brazil. She then became an assistant coach and later a coach. She led the women's teams of Sao Paulo and Santos. She achieved a runner-up in the Women's Copa Libertadores with Pelé and Neymar's club.

At the national team level, she worked in the U-15 and U-17 categories of the Brazilian national team. In 2016, she was the head coach of the Brazilian senior national team. In 2019, she worked for the Ecuadorian national team. Now she will continue her path in Peruvian football.