Everything you need to know about Italy

Italy Euro 2022 group stage fixtures

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European Championship

Greatest European Championship efficiency: Runners-up – 1993 & 1997.

Most-recent European Championship efficiency: Group Phases- 2017.

FIFA World Cup

Greatest World Cup efficiency: Quarter-finals 1991 & 2019.

Most-recent World efficiency: Quarter-finals- 2019.

Italy at Euro 2022: Will le Azzurre finish their watch for a serious event last?

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After the boys received the European Championships at Wembley final July, can the ladies’s nationwide staff repeat the feat this time spherical?

On the ladies’s aspect, Italy’s best-ever performances at main tournaments got here again within the Nineteen Nineties.

They misplaced to Norway within the 1993 Euros Remaining on house soil, earlier than falling on the last hurdle once more 4 years later, overwhelmed by Germany in Oslo.

This century, le Azzurre have gone no additional than the quarter-finals, really ending all-time low of their group at the newest version.

In 2019, Italy ended their 20-year World Cup exile, topping their group, above Australia and Brazil, earlier than knocking out China PR.

Nonetheless, as soon as once more, their journey got here to an finish on the quarter-final stage, overwhelmed 2-0 by eventual runners-up Netherlands.

As soon as once more, the final eight could be the peak of their ambitions, however Milena Bertolini’s staff must concentrate on getting out of the group firstly.

In qualifying for this event, le Azzurre completed second of their part, shedding 3-1 at house to group winners Denmark.

Likewise, in World Cup qualifying, Switzerland received 2-1 in Palermo final November earlier than Italy bought revenge in Thun again in April.

Encouragingly, throughout April’s Algarve Cup, they beat each Denmark and Norway earlier than drawing with Sweden, shedding a subsequent shootout.

However, this exhibits Italy can compete with a number of the continent’s strongest staff, type they’ll hope to hold into this competitors.

France and Italy, who meet on matchday one, are anticipated to get out of Group D with Iceland and Belgium as harmful outsiders.

So, for the eighth event in a row, Italy are more likely to exit within the quarter-finals or earlier.

Key gamers: Sara Gama

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Italian captain Sara Gama epitomises the cliché rock on the again.

The 33 12 months outdated has received 128 nationwide staff caps, that includes at three European Championships on the most-recent World Cup.

5 years in the past, as a right-back, however began all 5 matches at World Cup 2019 in her extra acquainted place on the coronary heart of defence.

Total, solely Patrizia Panico (204), Tatiana Zorri (155), Carolina Morace (153) and Alessia Tuttino (133) have received extra caps for le Azzurre than Gama.

Two of the defender’s seven worldwide objectives have come throughout World Cup 2023 qualifying, netting in opposition to Croatia and Lithuania final autumn.

At membership degree, both aspect of a short spell with PSG, Gama was received 14 home trophies with Brescia and present employers Juventus.

For le Bianconere, she has made 99 appearances, successful the home treble and reaching the Champions League quarter-finals this season.

Up in opposition to the perfect nationwide groups round, Gama will must be on high type if Italy are to take pleasure in a deep run.

Key gamers: Barbara Bonansea

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Italy’s different gamers to observe could be discovered within the ahead line, together with Barbara Bonansea.

The Juventus striker has scored 30 worldwide objectives so far, netted her first main event purpose in opposition to Australia three summers in the past.

Extra just lately, she scored the winner within the Algarve Cup victory over Denmark, additionally netting twice in World Cup 2023 qualifying.

Bonansea, like membership teammate Gama, has hoovered up Italian membership honours throughout her profession.

After successful seven trophies in three seasons at Brescia, the 31 moved to Juve, with whom she’s lifted 5 Scudettos, two Coppas and three Supercoppas.

Within the Champions League, Bonansea netted in opposition to St. Pölten, ŽFK Sasa and Chelsea as Juve reached the knockout section for the primary time.

She’s going to type a part of a lethal entrance two, hoping to fireside Italy to an sudden triumph.

Key gamers: Cristiana Girelli

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The opposite lethal striker on this squad is Cristiana Girelli who, identical to the opposite key gamers recognized, is a Juventus participant.

Since arriving in Turin 4 years in the past, she has scored 74 objectives in 91 appearances, claiming the Capocannoniere award in 2021.

On this season’s Champions League, the 32 12 months outdated scored 9 instances, together with in opposition to Wolfsburg and Lyon, displaying she will be able to combine it with the perfect.

For Italy, Girelli has scored 52 in 86 caps, together with on the final Euros in opposition to Sweden and the newest World Cup in opposition to Jamaica.

The latter was really a hat-trick, making her considered one of solely 12 European ladies to have left a World Cup sport with a matchball.

In the meantime, her purpose at Euro 2017, was really an 86th minute winner in opposition to Sweden as Italy claimed their solely victory of the event.

She’ll actually be hoping so as to add to her purpose tally at this event, presumably as a part of an Italian aspect making a shock run.

Italy attainable beginning line-up for Euro 2022

Italy’s full squad for Euro 2022

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