Nations League women, Italy knocked out but Andrea Soncin doesn’t lose her smile

Italy defeated by Sweden in Nations League

After last Friday’s success against Switzerland, the women’s national team came out of the Castel di Sangro field defeated 1-0 by Sweden, which, at the recent World Cup, scored five goals against the Azzurri. The narrow knockout did not take the smile off the face of coach Andrea Soncin, who, on the contrary, declared himself proud of the performance of the girls in the Azzurra jersey.

"I am extremely pleased and proud of what I saw on the field today,” Soncin told official Figc channels. “The girls played on par if not better than Sweden, we made ten conclusions towards the goal, we were in their half of the field for a long time risking little or nothing".

"A huge applause should be given to the team, which canò really do a lot – he added -.

The courage there’è was and è the basis to start our climb. The path è started in an extremely positive way and the group confirmed that they have a great attitude".

"The’shining example è that of Gama, who entered at the end of the match for an emergency situation. She è made herself ready and these are the best examples for more young" then concluded the coach who, just in the aftermath of the world disappointment, took the place vacated by Milena Bertolini.