Women’s European Championships: Spain in the quarterfinals, Italy recovers Cernoia

For Spain, by virtue of a better goal difference over Denmark, even a draw would have been enough to access the quarter-finals of the European Championship as runner-up in Group B. After a match that remained in balance until the 90 ‘, however, Jorge Vilda’s team took their minds off anyway and, with Marta Cardona’s goal at the end, they guaranteed the opportunity to challenge the hosts of England, which, unlike Spain, reached the quarters by making a clear path.

Finland-Germany 0-3

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The other quarter-final, the one between Germany and Austria, had already known each other for 24 hours, with the Germans already first after two games and Austria who yesterday beat and eliminated Norway. Germany, however, did not leave anything on the street and made three even to Finland. Without Rauch and Oberdorf, suspended, Germany celebrated Alexandra Popp’s third goal in three games. The two 2000s of Eintracht Sophia Kleinherne and Nicole Anyomi also scored. Nine goals scored and none conceded for Martina Voss-Tecklenburg’s team. Tomorrow in the Netherlands and Sweden it will be enough to draw against Switzerland and Portugal to pass.

Cernoia is there

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Two days after the match with Belgium that will decide the fate of the women’s national team at the European Championship, there is instead good news for Italy: after a week of isolation, Valentina Cernoia is back in negative territory. Forced into isolation already on the eve of the match against France, the Juventus player made the second swab which gave a negative result and will be available to Milena Bertolini for a match that Italy must necessarily win (also hoping that Iceland does not beat France) to continue his adventure in England. “We are happy to have you with us – said Daniela Sabatino, Fiorentina striker, who entered the field in the final minutes of the match against Iceland, which ended 1-1 -. She is very important to the group and she will do everything to be able to take the field ”.

The doctor

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Matteo Guzzini, head of the medical staff of the National team, recounted these special days experienced by Cernoia: “She had the opportunity to train alone, at first doing just a few simple exercises in the room and then moving on to a second phase characterized by running and circuits. in the hotel garden. It is difficult to say how many minutes she has in her legs, we will have the litmus test only at the end of training (scheduled for the afternoon, ed), even if the tests we have done are very encouraging “.

The other cases

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Cernoia was not the only case of Covid positivity found in this first week of the European Championship: the first was the England defender Wubben-Moy to which was also added the coach of the hosts, the Dutch Sarina Wiegman. And speaking of Holland, even the reigning champions are for the same reason without Jackie Groenen and without the star Vivianne Miedema. Germany, on the other hand, is forced to deal with the forfeit of striker Lea Schuller. A case also in Finland (the now former Juventus Hyyrynen), as well as two members of the coaching staff) and in Austria, with the defender Laura Wienroither already available for the match against Norway which gave the Austrians the qualification to the quarterfinals of final.