Team unity helped Italy end its 28-year wait to reach the semifinals of the Women’s European Championship, Italian midfielder Giada Greggi said after the team’s 2-1 quarterfinal win over Norway.
“I think the humility, the fact that we are a united group, showing our qualities, that’s what made this important result, and we brought it home,” Greggi, who came off the bench in the 77th minute of Wednesday’s encounter, said.
The raucous Italian crowd urged its players on, with chants of “forza Italia” and the Stade de Geneve lit up when Cristiana Girelli found the net twice in the second half, including with a 90th-minute winner.
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