In Torshavn Mazzantini’s Azzurrine stop one step away from the decisive match. Judges’ goal is useless. In October the World Cup in Morocco
The Italian Under 17 European Championship stops in the semifinal, a little surprise. In Torshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands, Norway appears (3-1) thus reaching Holland in the final (against which he had already lost in the group). At the fourth game in ten days, the Italy of Selena Mazzantini arrived downloading unloading not re -proposing those standards of performance that allowed to close the group B at the top in front of giants such as France and above all Spain (eliminated the champions in office). Too bad, because in the crooked afternoon he arrived at the intersection with a physical and solid team, which Italy could however have overcome by fully enhancing its technical qualities.
the game
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In the first half the blue do not shine and are inserted after 27 ‘by the individual initiative of Herseth, which is built a great right of 20 meters and puts Robbioni. The doubling in the 40th minute, when Randazzo is unlucky on corner development to put on his own door. After the interval there is the feeling that the theme of the game can change, because Italy comes out better from the changing rooms and finds the paw with judges reopens the game (goal conditioned by a touch of hand in immediacy, not recognized by the referee on the field in the absence of the Var). This is the moment when Galli and companions take courage, without however being able to go up further in a game that has always lived uphill. And the accounts close when-for tiredness and lack of lucidity-Italy manages a lateral remittance in the defensive area, giving the ball to Preus who does not be prayed to sign the 3-1 (the Norwegian center forward, at just 16 years old, plays permanently in the first team in the Valerenga). Thus ends with a pinch of bitterness what remains a high -level journey, given that for 11 years Italy could not enter the top four in Europe in this category.
world qualification
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From the trip to the Faroe, in any case, Italy returns with the prestigious qualification – called “an extraordinary result” by the FIGC President Gravina – to the World Cup scheduled for October 17 in Morocco. “It was a game with two faces – Mazzantini’s analysis – with a recovery in which we reacted to the double disadvantage but in the end the tiredness emerged. In this European we managed to deal with high -level realities, also beating the champions in charge of Spain. Sorry for today’s defeat, but we go out high: we will enjoy this well -deserved qualification for the World Cup”.
positive budget
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Thus closes, however with a positive balance, the first appointment of the long spring/summer of the female national teams. In June it will be up to Italy U19 by Nicola Matteucci to play his cards in the European Championship in Poland, then in July there will be Euro 2025 in Switzerland to wait for the blue of the coach Andrea Soncin (waited first, at the end of May, also by the Nations League).
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