Belarusians played a draw with the Italian team and finished the fight for getting into the final stage of the World Cup

In the return play-off match of the European selection for the women's World Cup in Florence, the national teams of Belarus and Italy did not reveal the winner - 1: 1. However, due to the defeat in the first match (0: 2) that happened a few days ago, our team completed the fight for getting to the World Cup.

Today, October 13, the wards of Vyacheslav Grigorov showed a much more interesting and bold football than in the first match. And according to the results, the Belarusians snatched a draw from one of the best teams in the world. But to reach the decisive play-off round this was not enough.

As part of the Italian team, Barbara Bonansea scored (9th minute), and the Belarusians responded with an accurate shot by Karina Olkhovik (75).

According to the results of the group stage of the European qualification, four winners of the A-League groups received direct tickets to the final stage of the World Cup-2027: Denmark, Germany, Spain and France. The remaining seven passes from Europe, as well as a place in the February intercontinental play-off tournament, will be distributed following the results of two rounds of joints.

The Belarusians got into the play-offs, taking first place in the group C6. Our team scored 9 points and ahead of the national teams of Kazakhstan (7 points) and Armenia (1).

The World Cup will be held in Brazil next summer. In 2023, the world champions were Spanish football players who defeated the English women in the final with a minimum score of 1: 0. Belarus national football team lost to Italians in the World Cup qualification game