Target Score: five Accepted the goal: five Victory: Three Best Euro Performance: Runners -up, 1993 and 1997
Possibility of winning euro 2025 (opta): 8.9%
Italy is the lowest ranked team in the tournament, ranked 13th in the FIFA rankings, but will be foolish to underestimate them after their impressive performance against Norway in the last eight.
He failed to qualify for the four gradual World Cups between 2003 and 2015 and flew under the radar in Switzerland to reach the European semi -finals before 1997.
Progressing behind Spain in Group B, he was a quarter-finals against two-time European champion Norway, but he was influenced by his speed, control in possession and natural width.
Major player: Captain Christiana Girli Both scored a 2–1 win with the critical winning target, a dramatic stoppage-time header.
Former England defender Anita Asante said that it was “special” for “senior veterans in the team” at that moment.
He said, “They reflect the development of Italian female football. Italy found some quality when it really matters and capitalized,” she said.
What the pundits said: Huton stated that the defending champion England would need to be “brain” of Italy’s Underdog status.
He said, “Excluding Norway, who was at rank more than him, probably did not expect from outside,” he said.
“They have experience in their team. They have some dangers, especially in wide areas, and really good midfielders.
“This is monumental for them. They have made another historical progress so that they are well prepared for it.”
Standout State: At the age of 35 years and 84 days, Girli became the oldest player to score more than once for a European nation in a major tournament in a major tournament.
