The words of Thiago Motta

Thiago Motta hotly analyzed the defeat to Stuttgart: “Surely they deserved, from the first minute they were better than us. Now we have to digest the defeat as soon as possible and then get back up and face the game against Inter’Inter”.

“What did not work? We failed to take control of the game away from Stuttgart. Few times we were in control, they gave us a hard time with good players. We suffered and deservedly they won”.

“In the offensive phase we have to do better to compete against a team like Stuttgart, but a more complete analysis has to be made: we left control to Stuttgart and when you recover the ball in precarious conditions you are not in the best condition to attack them. We had difficulties in building from the bottom, we have to improve so much in both phases of the game”.

“It’s a great responsibility of mine for what happened, now we have to digest the defeat and improve as much as we can improve”, concluded the Juventus coach.

Juventus and Bologna defeated

It was a night to forget for Juventus and Bologna, defeated in their respective matches against Stuttgart and Aston Villa on the third day of the first single group stage of the Champions League.

The Bianconeri, in their first knockout of the season, suffered a lot against the Germans, who però crashed against a superlative Perin, who was also able to parry a penalty kick to Millot a few minutes from the end.

Despite Danilo’s expulsion, Thiago Motta&#39s team looked poised to take home at least a point but’in full recovery the goal of former Atalantino Touré sanctioned the guests’s victory.

Bologna, on the other hand, lasted only a half in Birmingham, then McGinn unblocked the challenge at 55′ on a free kick while Duran &egrave’s deflection nine minutes later was worth the double for the lone leader.

Italrugby, calendar

Venues and match dates for the Rugby World Cup 2025, which will see the kickoff on August 22 at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, have been announced.

Italy, placed in Group D with France, South Africa and Brazil, will make its debut in the rainbow competition the following day (Aug. 23, 2025, 9:15 p.m. Italian time) in Exeter, in the delicate challenge with the transalpines. The Azzurre’s journey will continue on August 31 at York Community Stadium, where Italy v South Africa will be played at 4:30 p.m. Italian time. The’last match of the round instead will be Italy v Brazil: kickoff on Sept. 7 at 3 p.m. Italian time at Franklin’s Garden in Northampton.

Based on the placings in the group stage (the top two teams in each group will qualify), the tournament will continue with quarterfinals, semifinals and the final scheduled for Twickenham on September 27, 2025.

Below is the schedule of confirmed engagements involving the’Italy Women’s team in the 24/25 season:

Sunday, March 23, 2025, 4 p.m., venue TBD, Guinness Women’s Six Nations Day I
England v Italy
Sunday, March 30, 2025, 4:00 p.m., Parma, Sergio Lanfranchi Stadium, Guinness Women’s Six Nations Day II
Italy v Ireland
Sunday, April 13, 2025, 4:00 p.m., venue TBD, Guinness Women’s Six Nations Day III
Scotland v Italy
Saturday, April 19, 2025, 2:00 p.m., Parma, Sergio Lanfranchi Stadium, Guinness Women’s Six Nations Day IV
Italy v France
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 1:15 p.m., Parma, Sergio Lanfranchi Stadium, Guinness Women’s Six Nations Day V
Italy v Wales
Saturday, August 23, 2025, 9:15 p.m., Exeter, Sandy Park, Rugby World Cup England 2025 – Day I
France v Italy
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Sunday, August 31, 2025, 4:30 p.m., York, York Community Stadium, Rugby World Cup England 2025 – Day II
Italy v South Africa
Sunday, September 7, 2025, 3:00 p.m., Northampton, Franklin’s Garden, Rugby World Cup England 2025 – Day III
Italy v Brazil

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