Italy took the lead against Norway.
Norwegian players tried to stop the progress of Arianna Caruso of Italy. José Bretón / AOP
The semi-footballs of the European Championship started in Geneva, where Norway, who had pelled the pearls 2-1, will face the second-place Italian in block B.
Already based on the opening period, Finland may have been in the weakest opening round of the entire tournament, as Italy succeeded quite easily to borne by the Norwegian group full of superstars.
Red -shirt coach Gemma Grainger changed half of his team to the early round of the final round against Iceland. However, it has so far been the only match where the Norwegian game idea has been realized according to Grainger’s plans.
In the quarterfinals, Italy held more than the ball, created more dangerous goals and was clearly more active in the offensive end.
However, they still took a break in 0-0.
Grainger has to wonder if he dares to take the team captain Ada Hegerberg for the exchange bench. Lyon’s star leaves pressing to his teammates, and he is no longer as effective in his scenes as in the early years of his career.
Norway’s best player was only 20 years old Signe Gaupsetwho, at the very end of the episode, tried an ambitious solution. A Brann Professional raised the ball from about 45 meters to the Italian mill Laura Giulian over.
Unfortunately, at the same time, the ball also floated on the wrong side of the upper log into a paint kick.
Italy came quite strongly after the break on the field. It moved to a 1-0 lead in a match when Cristiano Girelli steer Sofia Cantoren Feeding from the front to the net.
Only a few minutes later, Cantore was close to double the Italian leadership, but the attacker’s goal was abandoned as a offshore.
Italy leads the quarterfinals 1-0, with 55 minutes played.