Milena Bertolini doesn’t use half-measures about her future
Milena Bertolini doesn’t use half-measures about her future
Thus, to RAI microphones, the coach of the Italian national women’s soccer team Milena Bertolini-whose contract with the FIGC will expire on August 31-after the resounding 3-2 defeat to South Africa that eliminated the Azzurri from the World Cup.
“It’s very sorry because we worked very hard to get through the round and we didn’t succeed. I don’t think we lacked understanding, it’s a group that is well but probably some fear was born, the 5 goals with Sweden took away certainties. The first goal we scored ourselves was scary, we ourselves were the main opponent.”
“Regrets? I am convinced of the choices I made, they are the best players. This national team has a good future, this World Cup helps grow female players and women’s soccer will find itself. My future doesn’t matter as much as the future of the movement, which I hope will grow more and more. I hope I have left a legacy.”
Milena Bertolini has been coach of the women’s national team since August 4, 2017, when she took over from Antonio Cabrini. The first years are full of satisfaction: Italy returns to the World Cup after 20 years and in the French rainbow event goes all the way to the quarterfinals, beaten with honor by the Netherlands, and also qualifies for the next ones. But the disastrous 2022 European Championships and especially today’s defeat may end a cycle.
