One year later the men in Europe and one step away from qualifying for the World where instead the men’s team. As soon as women become professionals, they play European football championships in England. The final, on July 31st, will be played at Wembley where on July 11th a year ago Mancini’s Azzurri won the European Championship (yes, it seems centuries ago).
The tournament
The women’s tournament, the 13th, starts today one year late. It was to be played from 7 July to 1 August 2021, it has been moved to make room for the events skipped in 2020: Men’s European Championships and Olympics.
Excluding Russia, his place was taken by Portugal among the 16 in the field for the group stage (4 for 4 teams) which will be followed by the knockout stage. The first two of each group go to the quarterfinals. Italy is in group D. with France, Iceland and Belgium:
Sunday 10 July 9.00 pm: France-Italy
Thursday 14 July 18.00: Italy-Iceland
Monday 18 July 9.00 pm: Italy-Belgium
The opening match is England-Austria on 6 July at 21. The groups are:
Group A (Norway, Austria, England, Northern Ireland).
Group B (Germany, Denmark, Finland, Spain).
Group C (Sweden, Portugal, Holland, Switzerland).
Group D (Iceland, France, Italy, Belgium).
Spain, with Alexia Putellas, Barcelona superstar and 2021 golden ball, France, England and Holland, defending champion, are the favorites according to forecasts. For Italy the semifinal would be an excellent result.
Italy
The team led by Milena Bartolini is very similar to that of the 2019 World Cup. In the group they face France and in the quarterfinals they could find one of the group qualifiers with Sweden and the Netherlands. The maximum blue result was a second place. Italy have not made it to the final since 1997, defeated by Germany in the final.
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The blue captain Sara Gama also sees her name in the title of Piji’s new single dedicated to Sara Gama and the revolution of Italian women’s football, thanks to professionalism.
«Sara is the symbol of the struggle for gender equality. On the one hand is Gama, the captain of the women’s national team, an example on and off the pitch for combativeness, rigor, passion and tenacity. On the other hand, Sara is all women, sports and not, all those who still suffer from a world with wide gender disparities in 2022 and who try to change it day after day. I approached women’s football first as a poetic metaphor, as a story of how reality can really be culturally revolutionized even when it seems impossible “he says. Piji who follows all the national and international matches, plays at Fantawomen and can’t wait to cheer Sara and the others at the European Championships.
Where to see it on TV
All matches of the women’s European Championships will be broadcast live on TV by Sky Sports and also in streaming on the Sky Go service and on the NOW platform. There Rai it broadcasts all 31 games in the clear, those of Italy are on Rai 1 and live streaming on Raiplay. Live on Rai 2 and Raisport in the quarters, semifinals and final, in addition to the other matches. The matches are visible on UEFA.tv in countries where TV rights have not been awarded.
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Source: Vanity Fair
