The Azzurre hopes to get what they expect to do. Under the guidance of Milenia Bertolini, the Azzure are looking for a place to stand in the last four in 25 years. Even though it is not easy for them now, they have shown constant improvements to achieve that goal.
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How they qualified: Group B runners-up (P10 W8 D1 L1 F37 A5)
Women’s EURO best results: Runners-up (1993, 1997)
Women’s EURO 2017: Group stage
Games
Round 1: Sunday 10 July France vs Italy (21:00, Rotherham)
Round 2: Thursday 14 July Italy vs Iceland (18:00, Manchester)
Round 3: Monday 18 July Italy vs Belgium (21:00, Manchester)
Final Player List
Goalkeepers: Francesca Durante (Inter), Laura Giuliani (AC Milan), Katja Schroffenegger (Fiorentina)
Defenders: Elisa Bartoli (Roma), Valentina Bergamaschi (AC Milan), Lisa Boattin (Juventus), Lucia Di Guglielmo (Roma), Maria Luisa Filangeri (Sassuolo), Sara Gama (Juventus), Martina Lenzini (Juventus), Elena Linari (Roma)
Midfielders: Arianna Caruso (Juventus), Valentina Cernoia (Juventus), Aurora Galli (Everton), Manuela Giugliano (Roma), Martina Rosucci (Juventus), Flaminia Simonetti (Inter)
Forwards: Barbara Bonansea (Juventus), Agnese Bonfantini (Juventus), Valentina Giacinti (Fiorentina), Cristiana Girelli (Juventus), Martina Piemonte (AC Milan), Daniela Sabatino (Fiorentina)
Key Players: Barbara Bonansea, Sara Gama and Manuela Giugliano
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Barbara Bonansea‘s pace and technique with the ball make the winger a lethal weapon for the Azzurre. Despite her attacking instincts, Bonansea is fiercely determined to help out with defensive duties having started her career as a hard-working midfielder.
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She thrives on the biggest stage, having scored both of Italy’s goals in the 2-1 win against Australia in the 2019 World Cup, and earned herself a place in the 2019/20 FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11.
Having scored 48 goals for Juventus in the last 5 years, Barbara Bonansea didn’t have a good season of her own, despite 11 goals and 4 assists is good enough. The 31-year-old needs to carry the team forward.
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With 126 caps to her name, Sara Gama has vast experience and knows how to win a tournament.
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She demonstrated by captaining the Under-19s to European Championship victory in 2008, which was in her early age. She has won the Italian league six times and is in the Italian Football Hall of Fame.
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She has won the Italian league 6 times and is in the Italian Football Hall of Fame.
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Manuela Giugliano, the 24-year-old diminutive midfielder, nicknamed “nuvola rossa” (red cloud) due to the colour of her hair, has impressed everybody with her intensity, technique and vision in midfield.
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Voted by her peers as the Serie A Female Footballer of the Year in 2019, Giugiano will become a star at international level with greater consistency.
Manager: Milenia Bertolini
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A former centre-back who won the Scudetto three times with Reggiana and Modena (twice), Bertolini enjoyed similar success at club level as a coach – one Scudetto with Verona and two with Brescia – before being appointed to replace Antonio Cabrini as Italy coach in August 2017.
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She had an immediate impact, leading them to the World Cup finals for the first time in 20 years then reaching the quarter-finals in 2019. Good results kept coming as the Azzurre also reached EURO 2022.
Pedigree
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Italy were one of the best teams on the continent during the first two decades of these championships, finishing in the top four in the first four editions and losing the final against Norway in 1993.
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After failing to qualify in 1995, the Azzurre reached and lost another final, against Germany in 1997.
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They have not progressed further than the quarter-finals since and are eager to improve this time around to underline the positive strides made in Bertolini’s tenure so far.
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