Italy comes close to achieving the feat against the world champions, who thanks to Hermoso’s goal manage to break the blue wall a few seconds before the 90th minute. At the Arechi in Salerno, it ends 1-0 for Spain, first with full points in Group 4 of the Nations League. “We must give a lot of applause to the girls because they played a heartfelt match – declared the coach, Andrea Soncin – they deserved joy, we looked for it, we wanted it but unfortunately it didn’t arrive. These matches allow us to look to the future with great confidence and optimism. This must be the basis for facing the next matches, starting with the one against Sweden.” The next match is on Tuesday in Malmoe.
To counter the dribbling and technique of the opponents, Soncin opts for a five-man defense, while in the offensive phase he relaunches Bonfantini, Bonansea and Girelli, today with the captain’s armband. Spain takes the field with the traditional 4-3-3, there are Putellas and Bonmatí, best player of the last edition of the Champions League, while Hermoso and Paralluelo, who won the World Cup MVP award in the summer, start on the bench. In attack there is room for the trident Garcia, Gonzalez and Caldentey. In the first 10′ the Red Furies constructed three clear scoring chances but Italy then managed to advance the range of action, managing at the same time to limit the incursions of Tomè’s team. The second half opens with the 4,700 spectators raising their decibels to push the national team towards the feat.
Tomè immediately changes the attack, introducing Paralluello and del Castillo and it is the 19-year-old from Barcelona who wastes a great opportunity. Spain continues to attack, keeping the Italian rearguard on edge. When the draw now seemed to be a done deal, Putellas forced Giuliani to perform the second miracle of his evening, but Hermoso pounced on the rebound from the number one – who entered in the last half hour and returned to the national team after the events of the world final – who he extinguished the controversy over his exclusion in the first two matches of the competition with the winning goal. With time almost up, Giacinti has the ball at his feet to make it 1-1, but the attacker’s shot is too central.
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2023-10-27 19:38:32
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