2026U20WWorldCup: La Roja Babes Of Spain Will Spin Out Italy on Wednesday Semifinal Clash.
Italian U20 Women’s Football team may not last the distance against La Roja Babes of Spain in the first semifinal of the 12th tournament scheduled for 2pm on Wednesday in Poland based on current form.
The attack of Spain that scored 19 goals is far more superior to that of Italy that scored 10 goals and Spain defence conceded one goal in 5 matches compared to that of Italy that conceded 4 goals. The Spanish team had an average of 28-19 shots at goal with ball possessions of an average 74.6% to 58.4% and an average of 22 to 14 passes. By this Italy may have been done with by the 75th minute and Spain may use rest moments to try other players as done in football.
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That the Italian team is more aggressive with the record of 11-7 fouls may attract the first red card for any of the two teams. Spain funny enough has 6-2 yellow cards but the Spanish team could be wiser knowing how to force opponents to commit penalty error. Spain had 2 penalty kicks and Italy had one.
Both teams met twice in 2009 which is 17 years ago. On 4th July Spain won 2-1 and on 5th October Italy won 3-1. Football has changed now and a grace of 120 minutes is ahead of Spain to prove superiority but that may be done with in 90 minutes depending on the coaches, players and the bench.
Unfortunately Italy appearing at the mundial for the 3rd time has never gone beyond the group stages falling in 2004 and 2013. Spain has been to the mundial 5 times from which they won the title in 2022; were runners up in 2018 and quarterfinalists in 2016 and at the last competition in 2024. Will experience count?
The loser on Wednesday will meet the loser of the North Korea versus Columbia clash on Saturday while the winner will face world attention on Sunday.
Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line.
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