Women’s European Championship, Sweden-Portugal 5-0, is Italy in the quarterfinals?

Italy, tomorrow night in Manchester against Belgium, will have to do their duty while waiting for good news from Rotherham, where France will not have to lose against Iceland. But the road to Wembley, hopefully, is drawn. In the quarterfinals, Friday at Wigan & Leigh, we would have to play Sweden, who finished first in Group C. The one against the Netherlands was a long-distance challenge with goals to reach a better goal difference, given the four points of both. after the first two games: the Swedes won, overwhelming Portugal 5-0. To pave the way for the success of Peter Gerhardsson’s girls, the brace of Filippa Angeldahl: then, after the own goal by Carole Costa in the seventh minute of recovery of the first half, in the second half the new Milan player Asllani converted a penalty, before the fifth goal by Stina Blackstenius.

switzerland – netherlands 1-4

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Eight goals scored and two conceded for Sweden, eight scored and four conceded for the Netherlands. The reigning champions woke up late: three of the four goals that allowed the Netherlands to beat 4-1 and eliminate Switzerland came from 84 ‘onwards. In the first half, on the contact between the Swiss goalkeeper Thalmann and the new Juventus striker Beerensteyn, the referee had initially granted the penalty, only to correct the decision after the recall of the Var. The advantage came at the beginning of the second half thanks to a ‘ Crnogorcevic’s own goal, with Switzerland responding with Reuteler. In the final minutes, after Van Domselaar had locked the Dutch goal, two goals from Leuchter and one from Pelova were not enough to change the hierarchy at the top of the group, as the Oranje would have needed two more.

the scoreboard

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On the left side of the board, the fourth already safe is England-Spain, with Sweden waiting for the second in Group D. On the right side, however, Germany-Austria and France-Holland are the other two quarters. There is only one box to fill: the hope is that it will be blue.