England It spent more than 90 minutes trapped in the game I wanted Italy. Dense, closed, desperate, the semifinal escaped between centers without auctioneer and defenses to the limit, until a newly admitted player and another who never ceased to insist rewritten the story in the most agonized minutes. The ‘Stade de Geneve’ witnessed a forced comeback with thrust, resistance and a final blow with a champion’s soul.
During the first 20 minutes, England dominated the ball and occasions. The circulation was fluid, the bands generated danger and the arrivals accumulated without success. Italy, faithful to his identity, protected himself with a low block, while they waited for time to do its share and did it. In the 33rd minute, a misappropriate band serve ended up in several rebounds within the area, until Bonansea He connected a volley with the left-handed for 0-1. It was his only clear auction throughout the first part, but enough to maintain an advantage that questioned the defense of the title.
The second part was a countdown against the Italian wall. England came out with more rhythm, better decisions in rival field and offensive variants that began to find spaces. Lauren James, more participatory, tested from outside; HEMP and Bronze They insisted from the sides. The wear began to be noticed in Italy, which slowed each action and opted for the trade. At 81 minutes, Di Guglielmo He saved a ball that looked like a goal. With the changes, Wiegman launched everything, Agyemang And Beever-Jones came to change the end and it was precisely Agezang, in the 96th minute, who hunted a loose ball in the area to tie when the clock no longer left mistake.
With heavy legs and worn ideas, every attempt looked like the last. Agyemang reappeared with a race that ended in a shot to the crossbar. Italy could barely leave, and the clock ran to the penalties until, in the 117th minute, the final play arrived, penalty for England. Kelly He executed, Giuliani stopped, but the rebound was left back to the English, who did not fail in the second instance. Instead of shouting the goal, Chloe raised her hands and asked the stadium calm, as if the heart of more than 26,000 people did not just escape their chest. A celebration that was pause, irony and character at the most English moment possible.
England will play Sunday’s final in search of the two -time championship. Rival waiting for the duel between Spain and Germanythat is played tomorrow.