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It will be tropical warm again this weekend! Hopefully the Dutch ladies can raise the feeling temperature even further if they play against Italy in the quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon. The bet is not only a place in the semi-finals, but the winner is most likely also assured of participating in next year’s Olympic Games.
Italy:
Italy is already the sensation of the tournament. For the first time in twenty years, Le Azzurre is once again at the World Cup, so the expectations of the home front were quite low. In a tough group with, among others, Australia and Brazil, the South European ladies crowned themselves as group winners, after which they cleverly finished 2-0 in the eighth finals with China. “We are trying to put Italian women’s football on the map,” said national coach Milena Bertolini. ‘The viewing figures are rising, and we are getting more and more attention from the press. That’s fantastic.’
There is still a bit of laughter about women’s football, but Italy shows this World Cup that it does indeed control every facet to the last detail. In the eighth finals, Bertolini managed to beat her Chinese colleague in tactical terms by switching from a 4-3-1-2 formation to 4-2-3-1. The Italian ladies often lost the air duel, but due to their predominance in midfield, the falling ball was a prey for the blue shirts almost every time. In addition, Italy has plenty of scoring capacity. Against Brazil the country remained dry with a 0-1 defeat, but the other three World Cup duels yielded no less than nine goals in total. That is a good thing, certainly because Italy is the country with the least goal attempts of all quarter-finalists (46). So it does indicate how sharply Barbara Bonansea and associates have adjusted their sights. Incidentally, top scorer Cristiana Girelli (31 goals in 56 international games) had to be injured against China. There is a chance that she must let the squatter against the Netherlands pass her by, which of course would mean a hefty damper for the Italian ladies.
Netherlands:
The Netherlands is also making history, as the Orange Lionesses have never before reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup. A great achievement by the girls of national coach Sarina Wiegman, although the real Orange fever at the home front is still to come. This is probably because the Dutch game is not yet completely flawless. Although the Netherlands has so far won all its four World Cup duels, it is often very difficult. The Netherlands also seemed to have lost ground in the eighth finals against Japan, but thanks to a penalty kick from Lieke Martens, we were able to join the last eight countries of the World Cup. The attacker of FC Barcelona then cheered so enthusiastically that she injured her foot, making her a question mark for the quarterfinals against Talie. The star player, however, has good hope that she will be fit on time: ‘It feels better already. I am confident that I can play on Saturday. ”
So the game is not always that good, but the results in the Netherlands are still excellent. With a win against Italy, the Orange Lionesses are in the semi-final against Germany or Sweden, both countries that should have a good day. However, it is high time for a convincing match, in which the Netherlands plays back all doubts and fills in much-needed confidence. Against Japan it sometimes seemed as if the Netherlands had underestimated her opponent a little, something that would have cost it almost very expensive. In addition, a ticket for the Olympic Games is at stake on Saturday afternoon, as the best three European countries can go to Tokyo 2020 next year.
Italy W vs Netherlands W head to head matches
27.11.14 WC Italy W Netherlands W 1 : 2
22.11.14 WC Netherlands W Italy W 1 : 1
28.02.12 FI Netherlands W Italy W 2 : 1
01.03.10 FI Italy W Netherlands W 1 : 1