Italy’s European Championship adventure seemed to be over for a long time – as with a new European Championship defeat, it had been knocked out of the championship. Italy went on an ugly 1-5 loss against France in the opening match, and initially looked to go on a new bang. Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir put Iceland in the lead three minutes into the match. But Italy had no plans to go on a new European Championship peel. After the hour played, Valentina Bergamaschi elegantly controlled the equalizer, and what was to be the last goal of the match. Thus, it ended with points sharing, in a match where both teams could have run away with all three points. – There are many who will sleep poorly tonight. There are several who could have decided this match, said news expert Elise Thorsnes. Goal scorer Vilhjálmsdóttir had a great opportunity to secure all three points for Iceland. After the match, the 20-year-old remembers little of the situation. CHARACTERISTICS: Vilhjálmsdóttir seemed to be far down after the match against Italy. Photo: DANIEL MIHAILESCU / AFP – There is a bit of a blackout now. I only know that I had scored on it nine out of ten times, but it did not happen today, she says to news. The midfielder was clearly disappointed when she was replaced shortly after. At the end of the fight, she was also in tears. – I felt I should have scored. I put a lot of pressure on myself, and felt that I disappointed the team a bit. SE: Highlights from Italy – Iceland. Dream start Iceland got off to a flying start in the match, and with three points, had taken its second European Championship victory in history. The team had good control for a long time before the equalizer to Bergamaschi. – It is frustrating that we did not get all three points. I thought we had them in the first half, we got an early goal. Our goalkeeper was fantastic in the second half, and kept us in the game. They got a score, which was a bit unlucky, Iceland’s Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir told news. The Italians depended on points to keep alive the quarter-final dream. – Italy must come up with something here, if they lose the match, then they are simply out of the European Championships, said news’s commentator Andreas Stabrun Smith. CHEERS: After just over an hour played, the equalizer was a fact after a goal by Valentina Bergamaschi. Photo: DANIEL MIHAILESCU / AFP They should finally be able to do that. Now the battle for places in a European Championship quarter-final is still open in Group D. France still leads the group after Belgium and Iceland played a draw in the first match. – We knew we had to get points or we would have been out. We would have liked to have had three points, but that did not happen. Now the focus must be on the next match against Belgium, Italy’s Cristiana Girelli told news after the match. With a victory, Iceland had a quarter-final ticket in their hollow hand, but now has a tough journey when France waits in the last group game. – Everything is possible in the next match. We know they are tough, but we are also quite happy. It will be a good match, Jónsdóttir said. CELEBRATED: Before three minutes had been played, Karolina Lea Vilhjalmsdottir hammered in 1-0. Photo: DANIEL MIHAILESCU / AFP Stadionrefs Tonight’s showdown between the teams was played at the academy stadium of Manchester City – which has a capacity of just over 4,600 seats. The choice of stadium provoked reactions before the start of the match and made, among other things, news’s commentator Andreas Stabrun Smith look red. – This is where the line goes. This does not hold and is not good enough. It is not EC standard and not EC-worthy, Stabrun Smith raged. The facility is a stone’s throw away from Manchester City’s home ground – which has a capacity of 55,000. – Had the Icelanders heard that they could play on it right here, there would have been ten times as many, the news commentator thought.
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