Women’s World Cup: another win for Italy, Slovakia knocked out

Italy-Slovakia 3-2

The Italian women’s national team scored its second consecutive victory in the Women’s World Cup Division I Group B in Riga, beating Slovakia 3 to 2. It was a prestigious success, as the Slovak national team was the only team still undefeated in the tournament. The last five minutes saw an incredible turnaround: Niccolai scored the equalizing goal, followed by the decisive goal by Caumo, who scored a brace, just 30 seconds from the end, giving Italy three points, now at six.

Martina Fedel è was outstanding, making an impressive 40 saves (95.2%). Attention è now turned to the results of the next matches, pending the last match of the tournament against Slovenia, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Saturday, live on Eurosport 2 and Discovery+.

Vibrant start to the match, with immediately one missed opportunity on each side. Despite several attempts by both teams, the first goal è was scored by Slovakia at 17:56 on the powerplay. In the second period, Italy tied the counters thanks to Caumo, in a moment of numerical superiority. Fedel then kept Italy alive with decisive saves.

The third half saw Slovakia take the lead again, but Italy continued to fight, equalizing with Niccolai less than six minutes from the end. Caumo’s winning goal è came thirty seconds from the buzzer, giving Italy a valuable victory.