24 March 2023
On Saturday 25 March Inter welcome Juventus for the second matchday of the Scudetto phase.
The previous meeting in the regular season phase of the championship smiled upon at the Bianconere. It was 3 December 2022 at the Ernesto Breda stadium in Sesto San Giovanni in the north of Milan.
STARTING XI
The team picked by Joe Montemurro pose for the pre-match photo. The starting eleven was: Peyraud-Magnin; Lenzini, Rosucci, Salvai, Boattin; Pedersen, Grosso; Bonansea, Caruso, Beerensteyn; Girelli.
In the second half also Cernoia, Sembrant, Bonfantini and Cantore also took part in the action.
FINELY BALANCED FIRST HALF
Nothing would split the teams after the first 45 minutes even if there were plenty of chances to make the breakthrough. Inter went close through Ghoutia Karchouni, who was frustrated by the combined opposition of Pauline Peyraud-Magnin and the post.
However, Juventus were producing more, offering the feeling of a team that wanted to cancel the misstep with Como the previous match.
JUVE AHEAD
Juve took the lead at the start of the second half. Cristiana Girelli fed Barbara Bonansea who crashed home a diagonal left-foot shot. Barbara's scream emblematically captures the tension and importance of the match.
A MINUTE LATER
One of the characteristics that makes Juventus Women a special team is an ability to press down on the accelerator when the time is right. This is what happened a minute after Bonansea's opener. Arianna Caruso took advantage of the moment of clear difficulty in the opposition defence to score the game's second and last goal. The midfielder shows all her joy knowing that the three points were going home.
