Continue growing and confront 180 minutes of action against Norway without making calculations. “The dream” of the Women's National Team, as Andrea Soncin defined it when speaking about qualifying for EURO 2025, has just four more games to be fulfilled in the Italian team's journey from here to the end of qualifying. It starts with a double header against the Scandinavians: on Friday (18:00 CEST, live on Rai 2) Italy will travel to Oslo, and then meet them again on Tuesday 4 June in Ferrara (18:15 CEST, live on Rai 2), which as usual is preparing to support the team towards another success.

"The next two matches could be decisive" underlined the coach, even if the minds of the staff and the players - many of whom are returning from last week's training camp - are exclusively focused on the match scheduled in three days' time at the Ullevaal Stadion . “A high-level opponent awaits us, it'll be an open game and we'll have to make an impact even in this type of match. The girls are very motivated, they are working with passion and all together we want to take a further step towards our goal. We'll go out there with the intention of taking maxium points."

Courage, determination and character will be needed to face the number 16 side in the FIFA Ranking, who come into the game on the back of a 4-0 win in their opener against Finland and a narrow defeat at home to the Netherlands. “We owe it to the many fans who follow us," added Soncin in response to questions by journalists. "The girls are well, they are very motivated and proud to be able to wear this shirt. We will try to do something special." After the Coppa Italia final ("a wonderful advert for our movement"), players from Roma and Fiorentina had their first training session at the CPO in Tirrenia yesterday, while they are scheduled to leave for Oslo tomorrow, where the group will remain until Saturday morning before moving onto Ferrara to start preparations for the second match.

The Giallorosse player Emilie Haavi will be missing against Italy, after not being called up due to a technical choice, with the English coach Gemma Grainger preferring to rely on the attacking duo, Carolina Hansen and Ada Hegerberg, who have a total of 93 goals for the national team and both played in Champions League final last Saturday, won by Barcelona. “Norway have top-class players, especially in the attacking phase, but it is a team that concedes space so we are preparing to exploit their weaknesses. There will be moments where we'll have to defend deep, and other times where we'll have to play higher up the pitch, because there will be many situations where we can create a numerical advantage. However, we will have to pay attention to their quality and make sure that as few balls as possible reach their forwards."

KOMEN ITALIA. Thanks to the collaboration with the FIGC, the mobile units of the Komen Italia Prevention Caravan will reach Emilia Romagna to ensure women have access to effective and fair opportunities for protecting their health. On Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 June, from 09:00 to 15:00 CEST, Komen Italia will be in Ferrara, at Coletta Park (Viale Costituzione), to offer specialist visits for the prevention of breast cancer reserved for women outside of regional screening and, in particular, mammograms for women aged between 40 and 49, and for over 70s, and breast ultrasound scans for women under 40 (for info and reservations consult the website komen.it).

TICKETS. Tickets for the match against Norway in Ferrara are on sale at authorised Vivaticket agencies and on the websites figc.vivaticket.it and vivaticket.com.. Tickets cost €14 in the Tribuna Sud (€1 for Under 12s), while the Gradinata Nord costs €5 (€1 for Under 18s and Over 65s).

Squad List

Goalkeepers: Rachele Baldi (Fiorentina), Laura Giuliani (Milan), Katja Schroffenegger (Fiorentina), Margot Shore (Hellas Verona);

Defenders: Elisa Bartoli (Roma), Valentina Bergamaschi (Milan), Lisa Boattin (Juventus), Lucia Di Guglielmo (Roma), Maria Luisa Filangeri (Sassuolo), Martina Lenzini (Juventus), Elena Linari (Roma), Elisabetta Oliviero (Sampdoria), Julie Piga (Milan), Cecilia Salvai (Juventus);

Midfielders: Arianna Caruso (Juventus), Giulia Dragoni (Barcelona), Aurora Galli (Everton), Manuela Giugliano (Roma), Giada Greggi (Roma), Matilde Pavan (Inter), Cecilia Prugna (Sassuolo), Emma Severini (Fiorentina);

Forwards: Chiara Beccari (Sassuolo), Barbara Bonansea (Juventus), Agnese Bonfantini (Inter), Michela Cambiaghi (Inter), Sofia Cantore (Juventus), Michela Catena (Fiorentina), Valentina Giacinti (Roma), Benedetta Glionna (Roma), Cristiana Girelli (Juventus), Martina Piemonte (Everton), Annamaria Serturini (Inter).