A super performance that of Valentina Giacinti, starting match in Italy – Israel, a match valid for qualifying for the 2022 European Women’s Soccer Championship in England. The blue needed to score at least 2 goals to enter the tournament as one of the three best runners-up and thus avoid the play-offs.
To give the advantage to the blues in the third minute of the match is the number 19 of the Italian national team, thanks to a vertical assist by the Rossoneri teammate Valentina Bergamaschi who sends Giacinti on the net.
Downhill match for the blue who pocket the ticket for the European Championship already in the first minutes of the match, thanks to Bonansea’s second goal. At 13 ‘cross from Cernoia and header from Giacinti who scores his personal double against Israel. Action blurred in the 39th minute of the first half when on a deviation by Giacinti in front of goal, the ball deflected by Rubin, comes out very little, thus denying her the hat-trick. This is respectively the fourth goal in this group stage – one of which against Denmark in the match on 27 October 2020 – and the eleventh in the blue jersey.
A perfect performance for the striker number 19: the only discordant note was the exit in the 76th minute due to injury. It would be a muscle discomfort in the adductor which, however, should not cause Mister Ganz to worry in view of the next away match against Pink Bari, scheduled for Saturday 27 February at 12:30.
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