Italy women, a triumph to be applauded
Italy women, a triumph to be applauded
Great feat of the women's Italy in Spain. The Azzurri coached by Andrea Soncin managed to impose 3-2 on the reigning world champions the Red Furies in the penultimate day of the group stage of the Nations League.
The result was unblocked immediately on 11' with Athena, who from a defiladed position blasted a right-footed shot that slipped under the seven, beating a blameless Giuliani. A minute after the resumption came the equalizing goal for Italy with Giacinti, who took advantage of Caruso's assist and beat the Spanish extreme defender with a precise right-footed shot from the edge of the box. The tie gives even more confidence to Soncin’s girls, who manage within five minutes to score two more goals, respectively with Cambiaghi at 12' of the second half and Linari at 19'. At 31', Spain managed to shorten the distance with Gonzalez, however, the Azzurri managed to resist the forcing in the last minutes and bring home an important victory.
In the post match, Italy's coach Andrea Soncin wanted to extol the performance of his girls: "It's a historic result. The girls have written a beautiful page in the history of Italian soccer by managing to beat the reigning world champions. This match must give us conviction and confidence in view of the future, becauseé all together we can do great things".
On the success of the Azzurre è also expressed himself bluntly the president of the FIGC Gabriele Gravina: "Extraordinary performance. I congratulate the Azzurre and the coach. Against the reigning world champions they accomplished a real feat. It's been written a wonderful page in the history of Italian women's soccer.
Italy women will be back on the pitch on Tuesday, Dec. 5, against Switzerland for the last match of the Nations League group stage. At the same time there will be a match between Spain and Sweden.
