Female European Championships: Italy-Belgium 1-0, goal by Caruso

The mission was to start well and succeeded. Italy beats Belgium of measurement with Arianna Caruso’s goal, who after a life in Juve in January moved to Bayern Munich: a goal expected for a time, and already very important for the blue team. The road to get far away, as the CT said she wants to do, is very long, but this time the European mission started on the right foot. Of course, in England three years ago Italy started uphill, against France, and it was immediate disaster. This Belgium was a lower level opponent (number of twenty of the world ranking), but the first stage of a tournament, especially of the continental one, is always insidious. Not to mention the fact that Belgium had been, with a goal de de Caigny (entered the final with equally belliginal intentions) to put the seal on the blue defeat in England. The first three points were fundamental and reached the end of a race full of surprises, starting from the start and from Soncin’s choices, which left Barbara Bonansea on the bench and focused on the three-way defense and on the cantore-blue attack couple.

the key

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And the CT was right, not only for the result: Italy created a great amount of occasions especially in the second half, when she never tired of looking for success, while in the first half she had struggled to unlock the game. In fact, the blue were not very precise in the last step and could not take advantage of the balls recovered by Di Guglielmo and Boattin in the best way, nor the kicks placed of Giugliano. Belgium tried something in restarting, but also his attackers were not very precise: Interista Wullaert and Janssen were the most dangerous, but apart from an initial rescue, Giuliani did not have to struggle much. The aforementioned goal came for Italy one minute from the end of the first half: it was the tireless of William to snatch a golden ball in midfield and find free to the limits of the air Arianna Caruso, who freed himself easily of the Belgian Tysiak and invented a strong and precise parable, impossible for Lichtfus.

shell

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In the second, the Belghe came out of the shell with more strength, they pressed, but the plane of the Icelandic breeder Gunnarsdottir to put the defense with the great movement of Janssen (Boattin had taken the measures in the first half) Wullaert and the insertions of Teulings did not serve. After the moment of suffering, Italy has started to grind scoring chances, and Caruso, Cambiaghi and Girelli have kept the opponents in the end. First match to win: done. Now we need confirmation against Portugal, the weakest team of the group. Appointment on Monday, in Geneva.