The women’s national team comes out of the European Championship one step away from history, defeated in the extra time from England. The CT: “Exit so hurts but having kept the champions head gives us conviction for the future”
Italy stops one step away from the historic company to the European football football: to the goal of Bonansea’s advantage, that of the draw of England arrives, marked by Agyemanang, at the end of the 90 ‘after a game in which the blue showed great character. The mockery arrives in the second of the extra times with a doubtful rigor on an intervention by Severini. Giuliani Para Kelly’s penalty, but can nothing about the repetition of English. At the end of the match, Soncin honors his girls: “We feel so much pride, the girls must be proud of what they have done, going out so it hurts but having kept the champions head gives us conviction for the future. There are no words to describe the emotions, we certainly deserved a different ending, sorry but we are very proud”. The game bodes well for the future of the movement in Italy: “Playing a race like this until 120 ‘with the champions when they gave us all to defeat gives a sense to the level that women’s football is reaching, so many steps have been taken, we can still improve. We have heard great affection tonight but also in the past days, both here in Switzerland and from Italy, this is another conquest, pity because we were close to the dream of playing We would have deserved it. “