Italy-Sweden is the Azzurri’s second match at the Women’s World Cup: where to watch it on TV, streaming, schedule and prediction
The Girls World Cup wants to continue to impress. Although this time it will be more difficult than last Monday’s debut against Argentina. Milena Bertolini’s Azzurri take on Sweden, with the dream of topping the group with one round to spare.
Against the South Americans it was Cristiana Girelli who settled the matter: the Juventus player only needed a few minutes on the pitch to decide the match with a header that allowed Italy, 3′ from the end, to bring home a complicated challenge. It was predictable, but perhaps not to this extent. More will be needed to get the better of the Swedes, even if in the last confrontation, the one in the Algarve Cup final, the Azzurri only had to bow their heads on penalties. In short, despite what are the qualities of our adversaries, we will play it, without any doubts.
Some changes in the formation, Bertolini might well adopt them. In the middle of the field, perhaps the match winner could play, who despite having always played as a striker, has been tried out in that very area of the field. Well, it could also happen that, given Giacinti’s uninspiring performance, the coach decides to change only the forward. But we’re going for the first option, that’s the feeling at the moment. For the rest, there should be no other changes. You can’t change a winning team, at least that’s what they used to say.
The joy of the Italian women (Lapresse)
The prediction
Difficult, but not impossible. Italy would like to close the books early and go into the last match of the round on 2 August with the serenity of already being in the round of 16. Sweden against South Africa won in a comeback, struggling, at the last second. So what is undoubtedly the toughest fixture in our group might as well be a draw, in a match with at least one goal per team.
The probable line-ups for Italy v Sweden
- ITALIA (4-3-3): Durante; Di Guglielmo, Linari, Salvai, Boattin; Girelli, Giugliano, Caruso; Bonansea, Giacinti, Beccari.
- SWEDEN (4-3-3): Falk; Andersson, Eriksson, Sembrant, Bjorn; Zigiotti Olme, Vinberg, Angeldal; Rolfo, Blomqvist, Jakobsson.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1