Siena, 8 October 2019 - The acute final was missed: as in the previous two Qualifying Round matches against Estonia and Slovenia, the Under 19 women's national team created and developed its own game, but failed to capitalize on the product. And against Russia, in the challenge that was worth the first place in the group, the Azzurrine lost to 1-0, suffering the decisive network on one of the very few opportunities to concede net to the adversaries.

"First and foremost - the Italian coach, Enrico Sbardella, looks at the end of the match - you have to be satisfied for the qualification achieved. Even today, unfortunately, we have sinned in lucidity in the implementation phase, as already happened in the previous games; and against a team like Russia, organized and physically ready, you have to be good at putting it into practice, otherwise you risk succumbing on the only opportunity granted ”.

The acute Lazareva (18 'pt), good at crossing at the second pole from inside the area, is in fact the acute Russian who decides a balanced race, in which the girls of Valentin Gavva always defended themselves in order and in which the Azzurrine, despite a not-so-brilliant first half, nevertheless created some dangers for the opposing rearguard.

Mister Sbardella, who had to resort to the first change after just four minutes of play to replace the injured Anghileri (dislocated right shoulder), at the beginning of the second half he shuffled his cards on the table, inserting Corazzi and Bellucci and giving a new imprint to the blue game: Russia struggles to organize in the first minutes of the second half, but Italy does not capitalize with Landa (7'st) after a nice personal action by Bellucci on the left.

Fracaros's free-kick from the edge (13 'st) is deflected by Zhurkova on the post: it is the second wood - after the one hit by Silvioni in the first half, still on a set kick - of an Italy that is still generous, but with the passing of the time is dammed well by Russia.

At the Franchi di Siena 0-1 ends and in the draw of the Elite Phase Italy, with many chances, will be included in the third bracket: which means being part of a group of four - with at least two teams with a better ranking - in which only the first ranking will be able to access in the final phase in Georgia, scheduled for July: "For the next round, which will be held in the spring - comments Sbardella - the girls will arrive more tried and tested, with more league matches behind them. And we will have to be more concrete in order to have the possibility of centering the qualification to the final phase ".

Italy-Russia 0-1
ITALY: Beretta; Boglioni, Brscic, Ripamonti (1 'st Corazzi); Fracaros (34 'st Zanoli), Colombo, Silvioni (44' st Zanni), Giordano; Distefano (1 'st Bellucci), Anghileri (4' pt Landa), Bragonzi. To disp .: Forcinella, Corrado, Novelli, Quazzico. All .: Sbardella
RUSSIA: Zhukova; Kulinich, Fetisova, Klochko, Kozik (43 'st Yastrebinskaya); Belousova, Kozik, Petrova; Abdullina, Lazareva, Govor (15 'st Batova). To disp .: Stanovova, Eliseeva, Komiassarova, Brusova, Abashilova, Trenkina. All .: Gavva
REFEREE: Shukrula (OLA). Assistants: Overtoom (OLA) and Thoresen (NOR). Official Fourth: Dokset
NETWORK: 18 'pt Lazareva
NOTES: about 400 spectators. Recovery time: 2 'pt, 4' st. Ammonite: Klochko and Boglioni

The list of the summoned

Goalkeepers: Beatrice Beretta (Juventus), Camilla Forcinella (Hellas Verona Women);
Defenders: Paola Boglioni (Empoli Ladies), Margherita Brscic (Juventus), Heden Corrado (AS Roma), Michela Giordano (Juventus), Sara Novelli (Sassuolo), Francesca Quazzico (Inter), Chiara Ripamonti (Fiorentina Women's), Martina Zanoli (Orobica Bergamo) );
Centrocampiste: Sofia Colombo (Inter Milan), Azzurra Corazzi (Fiorentina Women's), Caterina Fracaros (Inter Milan), Ludovica Silvioni (Juventus), Silvia Zanni (Sassuolo);
Forwards: Federica Anghilleri (Empoli Ladies), Melissa Bellucci (Juventus), Asia Bragonzi (Juventus), Gaia Di Stefano (Juventus), Serena Landa (Roma Calcio Femminile).
Staff - Coach: Enrico Maria Sbardella; Head of delegation: Patrizia Recandio; Secretary: Maurizia De Micheli; Assistant coach: Elena Proserpio Marchetti; Athletic trainer: Adalberto Zamuner; Goalkeeping coach: Davide Quironi; Match analyst: Simone Contran; Doctor: Federico Fantoni; Nutritionist: Alessio Colli; Physiotherapists: Camillo Piastra and Alessandro Lastoria; Tutor: Monica Tamburri and Alessandro Milani; Magazziniere: Filippo Nicolamme.

* Results and ranking of the 8 Group
First day (2 October)
ITALY-Estonia 5-0
Slovenia-Russia 0-5
Second day (5 October)
ITALY-Slovenia 3-1
Russia-Estonia 6-0
Third day (8 October)
ITALY-Russia 0-1
Slovenia-Estonia 5-0
Final standings: Russia 9 points, ITALY 6, Slovenia 3, Estonia 0

* the first two in each group and the four best third qualifiers have qualified for the Elite Phase.
Subsequently, the winners of these seven new groups will participate (together with the landlords of Georgia) in the final phase in July