Euro women, Bertolini: 'With Iceland I expect the Italy I know'

Forget about France and look ahead, with humility and awareness of one's own means, using "anger and pride".

After the debacle in their debut match with the transalpines, Italy's European women's soccer championship continues with the challenge against Iceland in Manchester, a fundamental match for the girls coached by Milena Bertolini for the continuation of the continental tournament.

Humility is the phrase repeated by the Italian coach at the press conference.

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"The match against France was the worst match since I coached the national team - the words of the Italian coach at the press conference -, in these days we have been working on our awareness, trying to understand the reason for that first half. At an unconscious level we have we were enticed by the first few minutes and we thought we would play it that way. I speak of humility because I believe we must always keep in mind who we are and how we got here. Only four days have passed since the last game, we will see how they are all. in any case, whoever entered last time did well. We will have pride and anger: we knew that we would play for the qualification to the last game and that winning or drawing against France would be difficult. However we are not the ones we saw in the last one. competition".

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Iceland, a crossroads of blue ambitions: "I expect to see the Italy I know - the words of the coach to Sky - In front of us we will have a physical and technical team, a compact and solid formation. We will have to raise our level of attention. qualification depends on us, we have two games and we have the possibility of passing the group. "

On the Bertolini team (who will be able to rely on all the squad available with the exception of Valentina Cernoia, still positive at Covid), he is not unbalanced: "We must be physically and mentally well, and my choices will go in that direction".

We will have to raise our attention level.

Qualification depends on us, we have two matches and we have the possibility of passing the group ". On the Bertolini line-up (who can rely on all the squad available with the exception of Valentina Cernoia, still positive at Covid), he is not unbalanced:" It will be necessary to be well physically and mentally, and my choices will go in that direction ".

We will have to raise our attention level.

Qualification depends on us, we have two matches and we have the possibility of passing the group ". On the Bertolini line-up (who can rely on all the squad available with the exception of Valentina Cernoia, still positive at Covid), he is not unbalanced:" It will be necessary to be well physically and mentally, and my choices will go in that direction ".