The second friendly of the double-header with the USWNT on the horizon. Girelli: “We’ll give absolutely everything”

Italy reacted well after Moultrie’s early opener and came close to an equaliser on several occasions, but Macario’s second-half brace settled the contest. The sides meet again on Monday at 19:00 local time in Fort Lauderdale.

The team continue working ahead of the friendly on 29 November.

Italy’s Under-18s fall to defeat following a brace from Johannes Moser and will now face Brazil in the third place play-off.

Italy will play tomorrow at 14:30 CET against Austria, whom they already played in October in a double friendly series preparing for the World Cup, on Field 5 of the Aspire Zone.

At the event organised by RCS Academy, which the federation president, Gabriele Gravina, also attended, Coach Soncin discussed the team’s upcoming fixtures: ‘Our performances have really put the spotlight on us.