Ep.22: Italy hammered by Sweden but Women’s World Cup progression still in their hands

Total Italian Football Podcast · Jul 29, 2023 · 27m

It was a very bad day at the office for the Italian Women's National Team as they were beaten 5-0 by Sweden in their second Group G game at the 2023 Women's World Cup.

Having decided to stick with her (seemingly) 4-2-3-1 formation rather than go to a back three which could be a five, Italy started the game fairly promisingly with Sofia Cantore showing a lot of willingness to run down the right.

As we've become accustomed to, Italy's positive possession was not translating into actual chances and it would be remiss to say that they looked like scoring. Sweden were growing into the game and…