Italy has become the first nation to progress in the semi-finals of the UEFA European Women’s Championship after the head of Cristiana Girelli of the 90th minute sealed a 2-1 2-1 victory against Norway in Geneva.
With the two parties in competition in the last eight tournaments for the first time since 2013, Italy has buffered their authority on the procedures, while Arianna Caruso has eradicated a closely wide promising chance of the distant post.
The Azzurgre continued to resemble the two most threatening teams as the first half progressed, but the inviting delivery of Barbara Bonansea was wasted by Emma Severini and Girelli, who collided when they are difficult for the same nearby head.
Severini and Manuela Giugliano saw new opportunities going begging for Andrea Soncin as the half-time approach, while the Norway created their first opening when the dangerous Lisa Naalsund cross was deflected from the target.
The women of Gemma Graining could have taken the lead against the race of the game on the stroke of the interval, but signs Gaupset, after having spotted Laura Giuliani from her line, pulled a daring strike of 50 yards in a narrow way of the open goal.
Determined to compensate for their debauchery in the first half, Italy only needed five minutes after restarting to make an imprecision rightly.
Sofia Cantore cut from the right, and her low effort was hit at home by Captain Girelli for the attacker’s 60th international goal.
The Azzurre thought that they had doubled their advance only four minutes later, only for Severini’s blurred finish to be excluded for an offside in construction.
The frantic nature of the competition has not shown any signs of slowdown, Norway received a penalty shortly before the hour, when Elena Linari transported Ada Hegerberg to the box. Hegerberg assumed the responsibility of the place, but planted his inexplicably wide kick of the target.
Without being discouraged by this miss, the Norway MVP was quickly honorable, the race on the long ball of Maren Mjelde above and pushing a clinical finish beyond Giuliani.
The two parties continued to commit figures in advance in pursuit of a late winner, while Gangrid Engen was dying in the box of the box.
Recognizing for this stay, Italy found the very important moment of quality in the last minute of the 90 ‘, Girelli finding space in the box of six yards to go home from the perfect cantore cross.
Norway could not bring together an answer in the final stages, and the Soncin team has progressed to the last four, where they will face England or Sweden.
Flashscore player of the match: Cristiana Girelli (Italy)
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