The coach Bertolini (Ansa)

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September 17, 2021 Australia and New Zealand's first step in the 2023 World Cup qualifiers is triple.

Milena Bertolini's blues score three goals and take home as many points after their debut match in Group G and the 3-0 victory over Moldova at Nereo Rocco in Trieste.

A remake of the match that four years ago saw the debut on the bench of the coach Milena Bertolini, the first step of a long march that would have led the blue to become the "World Girls", capable of reaching the quarter-finals of France 2019 and above all to keep millions of Italians glued to the TV.



Moldova closes in their own half in an attempt to limit the damage, but Italy is good at asserting an indisputable technical supremacy and breaking through the opponent's wall already in the first half thanks to the brace of Girelli and the goal of Giacinti. On Tuesday Gama and her teammates will take the field in Karlovac (5.30 pm) to challenge Croatia.



For the first match of the season, the coach relies on the tried and tested 4-3-3 in which the players of Juventus (5), Milan (3) and Roma (3) find space. In goal Giuliani, rearguard with Bergamaschi and Bartoli acting on the sides of Gama and Linari, in midfield the fantasy and concreteness trio formed by Giugliano, Cernoia and Rosucci, in attack Bonansea, Giacinti and Girelli. The Moldovan coach responds with a very cautious 4-4-2, deploying the four players who play in Italy from the first minute (Cerescu of Pink Bari, Mitul, Mardari and Colesnicenco of Apulia Trani).



At the start of the match, Milena Bertolini's team exploits the overlaps of Bergamaschi to try to find a gap in the opposing rearguard. If the crosses of the Milan winger


break on the opponent's wall, Cernoia's one arrives at its destination: at 15 'the Juve midfielder frees himself on the left side serving a perfect assist to Girelli, who on the second attempt - after the goalkeeper's retort - manages to find the network number 45 in the national team.



Ten minutes later Giacinti earns a penalty which Girelli herself transforms, displacing Munteanu. At 35 'Giacinti drops the blue trio making the most of Cernoia's second perfect refueling. The first half ends with Bonansea's attempt from distance that touches the top of the crossbar.



In the second half the score does not change. Italy continues to attack relentlessly and in the first ten minutes it is Bergamaschi who touches the 4-0 goal twice, first with a


close shot that ends at the bottom, then with a powerful right from outside the area that is printed on the crossbar a goalkeeper beaten. With the passing of the minutes, Italy advances its


center of gravity

even more

, continuing to put pressure on the Moldovans who, with a bit of luck, manage to repel the assaults of the newly entered Serturini and Glionna. The result, despite the final forcing, does not change. Italy begins its new world journey in the best possible way, to the applause of over 1,300 fans present. It's a blue party in Trieste, but now head to Croatia.